El Greco, The Assumption of the Virgin (1577–79). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. El Greco, A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle (El Soplón) (ca. 1570).

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In visitor surveys the Art Institute of Chicago has conducted in recent years, El Greco scored surprisingly high name recognition. While such familiarity was a big plus, it was the expressive ...

According to an Art Institute timeline, El Greco’s lifetime of legal troubles began as early as 1566, when a Venetian nobleman sued him—likely because he had breached a commission contract.