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El Greco
Burial of the Count de Orgaz, oil on canvas by El Greco, 1586–88; in the church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain.
El Greco, who never forgot his Greek heritage, typically signed his paintings using his full name, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, written in Greek letters.1
In some instances, his signature was incorporated into the composition of the work itself. For example, in his masterpiece, The Burial of the Count de Orgaz, the artist inscribed his signature and the date 1578 on a handkerchief tucked into the pocket of the young boy depicted on the left side of the canvas.2