A Boy Blowing On An Ember To Light A Candle
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| Artists | El Greco |
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| Locations | Private collection |
| Created | 1570 |
| Periods | Mannerism |
| Medium | Oil paint |
| Genres | History Painting |
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| ID | 2255715 |
About A Boy Blowing On An Ember To Light A Candle
El Soplón or Boy Blowing on a Taper is a 1571-1572 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, produced during his stay in Rome and inspired by a passage in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia. It and Portrait of Giulio Clovio are among the first of his paintings of figures. He later re-used the figure for The Fable.
