Title

'Portrait of the Poet de Alonso Ercilla y Zuniga', c1576-c1578. Artist: El Greco

Caption

'Portrait of the Poet Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga', c1576-c1578. Detail. A nobleman, soldier and poet from the Basque Country, Alonso de Ercilla (1533-1594) wrote La Araucana, widely considered to be the greatest historical poem in Spanish literature. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

1576

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_113

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 11,8in x 16,6in / 3539 x 4967 (300dpi)

Keywords

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