Telefonica
Reference number
P00807
Author
El Greco (Spanish)
Title
The Doctor
Chronology
1582-1585
Technique
Support
Measures
96 cm x 82,3 cm x 2 cm
School
Theme
Shown
Yes
Entrance
COLECCION REAL
Procedence
Royal Collection

A portrait of an anonymous person identified as a physician by the ring on his left thumb. According to some scholars, the sitter may be Luis de Mercado, Felipe II's chamber doctor; or Rodrigo de la Fuente, a personal friend of El Greco and a very influential person in Toledo at that time.

This work is listed in the 1686 inventory of Madrid's Alcázar Palace, where it remained until the fire of 1734, when it was transferred to the Buen Retiro Palace, also in Madrid.

It is signed in lower-case greek letters over the book.

Ministerio de Cultura. Goberno de España; abre en ventana nueva
Copyright © 2010 Museo Nacional del Prado.
Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23
Madrid 28014
Tel. +34 91 330 2800.
Todos los derechos reservados