Curator’s note
The Fable
A rare genre-allegory by the late-Renaissance master El Greco, showing a boy blowing on an ember to light a candle while figures emerge from the darkness. Its single-candle nocturnal effect and moralizing allegory make it an intriguing work.
Source: Arterra 큐레이션
- Date
- 1580
- Medium
- canvas
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