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The Feast in the House of Simon
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop (Workshop of El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614))
c. 1608–14
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 143.3 × 100.4 cm (56 7/16 × 39 1/2 in.); Framed: 172.7 × 129.5 × 10.2 cm (68 × 51 × 4 in.)
- Culture
- Greece
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Joseph Winterbotham Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Although this painting features the bold highlights, elongated figures, and vibrant colors characteristic of El Greco’s late career, the artist enlisted his workshop to execute some parts of the scene according to his original design. The heads of the figures reflect the work of different artists, probably including the artist’s son, Jorge Manuel, a leader of the workshop in its later years. The fantastical architectural background is unlike any other by El Greco and may have been conceived by an assistant.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
