The cardinal was Spain's Grand Inquisitor. El Greco painted him in shimmering crimson silk, gripping the arm of his chair and peering sideways through dark, round spectacles.
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Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara
El Greco · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), ca. 1600. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).