“Christ Cleansing the Temple” (1567-70), on loan from the National Gallery of Art, is probably the earliest version – its strong Italian Renaissance style suggests that El Greco painted it ...

The Catholic Church’s attempts to purify itself after the Protestant Reformation is a constant theme in El Greco’s work, prominently featured in “Christ Cleansing the Temple,” which ...

The following excerpt may suffice to convey the excited spirit of Meier-Graefe’s response to El Greco: “We went again … to Berute’s collection. The Expulsion from the Temple by El Greco ...

In the US, the anniversary of the artist known as El Greco has been treated less lavishly. The two phenomena are related: New York's Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery in Washington lent ...