El Greco: "The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen ... conveys sadness at knowing what the future holds. The friend is Mary Magdalene, the poster girl for sin, casting her eyes down in penitence.

The Italians called him El Greco, meaning the Greek ... The apostles Peter and Paul. The Holy Family. Mary Magdalene. “Through a series of paintings, Greco’s approach was one of variation ...

That white paint almost obliterates the angel just behind Mary Magdalene, who brought her news of Christ's rising. El Greco's angel is flashy and unreal, in properly modern style. But its flash ...

El Greco’s ‘The Virgin Mary’ (c1590 ... becomes charged with symbolism against the Prado’s “Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John” (c1600); the young artist ...

"Bust of Woman or Sailor" (1907) by Pablo Picasso and "Mater Dolorosa" (1590) by El Greco. SUCCESSION PICASSO/PROLITTERIS, ZÜRICH MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE STRASBOURG Picasso plucked his ruffs ...