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Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born in Crete -
By the time he was 22 years old, Greco had started painting and was already being hailed as a “master.” Many historians also believe that by the time he was in his early 20s, he already had his own fully functioning workshop. -
At the age of 26, he moved to Venice to pursue a career in art. He worked in the workshop of Titian, one of the most popular Italian painters, as his disciple. -
He left from Crete and moved to Venice. Venice was the artistic hub during that time, and it was natural for Greco to move to the city. He arrived in the city at the age of 26 and worked in the workshop of Titian, one of the most popular Italian painters, as his disciple. -
He acquired the nickname El Greco -
El Greco arrived in Spain, which was the actual beginning of his most important professional phase.He lived and worked there. -
He made paintings such as ‘The Trinity’ and ‘The Assumption of the Virgin’ and became a famous artist in Toledo. The "Assumption of the Virgin" was one of the nine paintings El Greco completed for the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, his first commission in Spain. -
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In the 1580s, he established a workshop and created many paintings, statues, and altar-frames. Greco was commissioned to make one of his most famous paintings, ‘The Burial of the Count of Orgaz.’ -
"Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes" represents a body of work made between 1957 and 1607 of various commissions characterizing his mature period. -
Theotokopoulos died in Toledo, Spain at the age of 72.