Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus The Glory of Philip II Allegory of the Holy League El Greco , produced during his first Toledo period as a preparatory sketch for a work now in Madrid . It is number 116 in Harold Wethey 's catalogue raisonné of the artist's works and is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London , which bought it in 1955.[ 1]
It centres on a large Christogram , adored by the figures of the Doge Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo , Philip II of Spain , Pope Pius V (founder of the Holy League ), Don John of Austria (the knight with his face raised and his arms outstretched to his right), Marco Antonio Colonna (the Pope's commander at the Battle of Lepanto ) and a cardinal (possibly Carlo Borromeo ).[ 2] hellmouth and behind it Purgatory .
Appearing in the 1687 catalogue of Gaspar de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba 's collection, it passed to the Duchess of Alba the following year before resurfacing in the Spanish Gallery at the Louvre in 1838. Louis Philippe of France sold it in London in 1853 to William Stirling Maxwell .[ 3]
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Paintings Adoration of the Magi c. 1565 –1567)Dormition of the Virgin Healing of the Man Born Blind Modena Triptych Baptism of Christ Last Supper Flight into Egypt Annunciation Purification of the Temple The Fable Entombment of Christ El Soplón Pietà Penitent Magdalene Saint Sebastian Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577)Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus Assumption of the Virgin Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) Holy Trinity c. 1577 –1579)Saint Anthony of Padua Christ Carrying the Cross The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice The Tears of Saint Peter Barnard Castle , 1580–1589Mexico City , 1587–1596Oslo , c. 1590 San Diego , c. 1590–1595 Sitges , c. 1595–1600 Toledo, El Greco Museum , c. 1595–1600 Washington , c. 1600–1605 Toledo, Lerma Museum Foundation , c. 1605–1610 Toledo Cathedral, 1620–1630 The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist c. 1585 )Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata c. 1585 )The Burial of the Count of Orgaz Holy Family Holy Face of Jesus Saint Peter and Saint Paul Agony in the Garden Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors c. 1590 )Saint Louis Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) c. 1594 –1604)Holy Family c. 1595 )Christ Taking Leave of his Mother Saint Andrew and Saint Francis Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Adoration of the Shepherds Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599)View of Toledo Baptism of Christ Virgin Mary Saint Martin and the Beggar The Virgin of Charity Allegory of the Camaldolese Order c. 1597 )Saint John the Baptist Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis c. 1600 )Saint Bernardino of Siena Nativity Coronation of the Virgin Marriage of the Virgin Saint John the Evangelist c. 1605 )The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth c. 1605–1610 )The Immaculate Conception Saint Peter View and Plan of Toledo Concert of Angels The Saviour Saint Thomas the Apostle Opening of the Fifth Seal Saint Jerome Saint Ildefonsus Saint Francis and Brother Leo Saint James the Great Saint Luke Laocoön Saint Paul Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian Julián Romero and Saint Julian Portraits Museums Related
