What was the real Greek name of the Spanish Renaissance master
Chapter 1

The royal gaze of Diego Velázquez

Chapter 2

Goya and the raw truth of the Bourbons

Chapter 3

The Habsburg collectors and their dark treasures

Chapter 4

From royal palace to the people's museum

Ch 3 · The Habsburg collectors and their dark treasures
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Glossary
Toledo (noun)
The historic Spanish city where Greek-born painter El Greco created his most visionary masterpieces. This spiritual hub birthed the haunting, elongated style that captivated Habsburg collectors and now defines the Prado's dark treasures.
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Spanish people nicknamed Doménikos Theotokópoulos El Greco because they struggled to pronounce his birth name

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Hieronymus Bosch used giant musical instruments as torture devices in his depiction of Hell.

galleta Bizarre monsters and surreal punishments fill the right-hand panel of Bosch's masterpiece.

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galleta Hieronymus Bosch's famous painting The Garden of Earthly Delights puzzles art historians.

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galleta King Philip II of Spain obsessed over Hieronymus Bosch's paintings.

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The Habsburg collectors and their dark treasures
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galleta Match eerie paintings to discover the dark treasures Habsburg kings collected.

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The king hung a nightmare right over his bed, Where gardens of earthly delights filled his head!

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galleta El Greco captured intense religious devotion through stretched human figures

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The Garden of Earthly Delights explained

galleta Bosch's triptych is a wild three-part warning about the dangers of giving in to earthly temptations.

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Fun Fact

Bosch's musical hell: A researcher actually transcribed the sheet music painted onto a sinner's rear end in Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights and recorded it.

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Philip II and the Bosch obsession

galleta The deeply religious King Philip II was obsessed with the bizarre, surreal paintings of Hieronymus Bosch.

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Quiz

In what Spanish city did the Greek-born painter El Greco spend most of his successful career?

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Gossip

Which panel of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights is most fascinating?

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Quiz

Which Italian Renaissance master painted the famous equestrian portrait of Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg?

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What type of painting is a triptych, like Hieronymus Bosch's most famous works in the Prado?

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What does the right-hand panel of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights depict?

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Which king of Spain was so obsessed with Hieronymus Bosch that he kept his paintings in his bedroom?

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What three-paneled painting by Hieronymus Bosch is one of the most visited masterpieces in the Prado?

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What was the real Greek name of the Spanish Renaissance master painter known as El Greco?

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