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1815:(1966 film)
1807:(1947 film)
1761:(1610–1614)
1753:(1609–1613)
1729:(1603–1607)
1719: 1600
1706:(1600–1605)
1696: 1597
1683:(1595–1600)
1675:(1595–1600)
1667:(1587–1600)
1657: 1587
1642: 1586
1629:(1582–1585)
1619: 1580
1606:(1571–1576)
1596: 1571
1572:(1612–1614)
1564:(1610–1614)
1556:(1610–1614)
1548:(1610–1614)
1540:(1610–1614)
1500:(1608–1614)
1492:(1608–1614)
1484:(1608–1614)
1481:The Saviour
1457:Saint Peter
1452:(1607–1613)
1427: 1605
1414:(1603–1607)
1406:(1603–1605)
1398:(1603–1605)
1380: 1600
1367:(1597–1607)
1357: 1597
1344:(1597–1603)
1336:(1597–1599)
1325:Virgin Mary
1320:(1596–1600)
1312:(1596–1599)
1304:, 1612–1614
1287:(1595–1598)
1269: 1595
1261:Holy Family
1254: 1594
1241:(1592–1595)
1238:Saint Louis
1231: 1590
1216: 1590
1201:, 1597–1607
1180: 1587
1169:, 1587–1592
1158:(1586–1595)
1150:(1586–1588)
1147:Holy Family
1132: 1585
1116: 1590
1105:, 1587–1596
1103:Mexico City
1099:, 1580–1589
1088:(1580–1582)
1078:, 1597–1600
1072:, 1590–1595
1065: 1580
1039: 1577
1026:(1577–1579)
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980:(1576–1578)
972:(1571–1576)
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926:, 1595–1600
918:Minneapolis
901:, 1600–1605
895:, 1575–1576
867:Last Supper
862:(1567–1569)
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821:(1565–1566)
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515:(1425–1457)
504:Major works
485:Euphrosynos
192:iconography
179:Renaissance
106:Hermoupolis
1850:Categories
1553:Saint Paul
1537:Saint Luke
912:Washington
318:R. Byron,
232:References
93:Dimensions
1580:Portraits
1296:Bucharest
1167:Barcelona
1070:Barcelona
961:El Soplón
945:The Fable
795:Paintings
658:1560–1608
322:, 160-174
205:Dormition
200:Dormition
159:mannerist
125:Dormition
68:1565–1566
1828:El Greco
1820:El Greco
1812:El Greco
1395:Nativity
1058:New York
924:New York
899:Illescas
765:El Greco
389:El Greco
294:El Greco
278:Archived
215:See also
120:El Greco
101:Location
82:Movement
59:El Greco
36:Spanish
1790:Related
1769:Museums
1545:Laocoön
1199:Andújar
830:Dresden
706:Related
194:of the
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1193:London
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140:, and
55:Artist
1799:(son)
1182:–1592
969:Pietà
887:Prado
836:Parma
171:Syros
28:Greek
1109:Oslo
309:, 55
296:, 74
167:icon
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