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When and where was El Greco born?

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Burial of the Count de Orgaz
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 was born in 1541 in Candia (modern-day Iráklion), Crete.1