"Out of the great esteem he was held in he was called the Greek (il Greco)."
— El Greco

January 1, 1970

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Mancini's Chronicles were written a few years after El Greco's death, 1614; According to Mancini El Greco acquired his name not only for his place of origin, but also for the sublimity of his art