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... Cretan El Greco , made his home in Toledo , where the local aristocratic and ecclesiastical society ( but not Philip II ) seems to have fully appre- ciated his genius . El Greco's superb portraits , but above all his religious paintings ...
... Cretan El Greco , made his home in Toledo , where the local aristocratic and ecclesiastical society ( but not Philip II ) seems to have fully appre- ciated his genius . El Greco's superb portraits , but above all his religious paintings ...
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