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El Greco was born in Hania, Crete in 1541. At that time Crete was part of the Republic of Venice.
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As a young man he studied Byzantine icon painting in Hania
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He moved to Venice in 1567 where he continued to study painting.
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In 1570 he went to Rome. He lived and worked in Rome until 1577.
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In 1577 he moved to Spain in Toledo, near Madrid where he lived and worked until the end of his life.
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He died in 1614 at the age of 73.