(b Toledo, c. 1578; bur Toledo, 29 March 1631). Spanish painter and architect. He was trained by his father EL GRECO, and it is practically impossible to distinguish their painting. Theotocopoulos is documented as a painter in 1603. The single signed work (c. 1595; Madrid, Prado), a copy of El Greco's 'Expolio' (Disrobing of Christ on Mount Calvary; Toledo Cathedral), shows him as a rather inept follower of his father, although his treatment of figures is much harder and more angular; they are almost caricatures. Of more interest is his altarpiece (1607-9) for the church of La Magdalena, Titulcia, Madrid. His architectural altarpiece (1623) for S Clara la Real, Toledo, was influenced more by Juan Bautista de Monegro than by any architectural work El Greco had designed.
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