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El Greco
El Greco had one son, Jorge Manuel, who assisted his father, and later became a painter in his own right.
El Greco was a Spanish Painter who painted in the late 16th and early 17th century. He was born in Crete and moved to Venice and Rome before settling in Toledo, Spain.
'El Greco' was the nickname used by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, an artist, painter and sculptor who was born in Crete, Greece, but that developed most of his artistic work in Spain, giving shape to the Spanish Renaissance. He was the son of rich merchant Georgios Theotokopoulos, but there's no information about his mother.
El Greco was interred in the church of Santo Domingo el Antigua. The location of his grave within the church is not known.