'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.
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He was not married. His housekeeper was the mother of his son.
There exists a religious painting from Crete which may be the work of a young El Greco.His earliest work in a museum is Christ Healing the Blind Man. 1560s, now in Dresden.
El Greco was interred in the church of Santo Domingo el Antigua. The location of his grave within the church is not known.
Queda en el museo means: (in Spanish) Is in the museum.
Diego Velazquez, and El Greco were both very famous Spanish artists.