The Fable (El Greco)
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The Fable (El Greco)
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The Fable is a 1580 allegorical painting by El Greco, produced early in his Toledan period and now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The light effects and use of colour show the influence of Jacopo Bassano, which the painter had picked up in Italy. It shows a monkey and a rogue flanking a boy blowing on an ember or taper. The central figure was a frequent theme for the artist, drawn from a story in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia. The painting is probably a moralising warning about the cons
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1580 painting by El Greco
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fable_(El_Greco)
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2023-05-09T13:03:31Z
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