The Fable (El Greco) facts for kids
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| Artist | El Greco |
| Year | 1580 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
The Fable (Spanish - La Fábula) is a 1580 allegorical painting by El Greco, produced early in his Toledan period and now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The light effects and use of colour show the influence of Jacopo Bassano, which the painter had picked up in Italy. It shows a monkey and a rogue flanking a boy blowing on an ember or taper. The central figure was a frequent theme for the artist (he had painted it a few years earlier as El Soplón for example), drawn from a story in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia.
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See also
In Spanish: La fábula (El Greco) para niños
- List of works by El Greco
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