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El Greco: An Allegory (Fàbula)  wikidata:Q27955550 reasonator:Q27955550
Artist
El Greco  (1541–1614)  wikidata:Q301 q:en:El Greco
 
El Greco
Alternative names
Birth name: Domenikos Theotokópoulos
Ελληνικά: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος
Description Italian- painter, sculptor, architect and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 1 October 1541 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1614 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Heraklion Toledo
Work location
Toledo, Crete, Venice, Rome
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q301
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula)
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre allegory Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1589 and 1592
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1589-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 67.3 cm (26.4 in); width: 88.6 cm (34.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,67.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,88.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q942713
Current location
National Galleries Scotland
Accession number
NG 2491 (National Galleries Scotland) Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer https://www.wikiart.org/en/el-greco/allegory-boy-lighting-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-f%C3%A1bula
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Allegory, Boy Lighting Candle in Company of Ape and Fool (1589-1592). Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 88.6 cm (26.4 x 34.8 in). Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

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An Allegory (Fàbula)

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