Which Happened First?

Creation of Opening of the Fifth Seal

Creation of Opening of the Fifth Seal
Image: El Greco · Public domain · source

The Opening of the Fifth Seal was painted in the last years of El Greco's life for a side-altar of the church of Saint John the Baptist outside the walls of Toledo. Before 1908, El Greco's painting had been referred to as Profane Love. The scholar Manuel B.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Creation of Madonna of the Rosary1607
  2. Creation of The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist1608
  3. Creation of The Calling of Saint MatthewJuly 1609
  4. Creation of Opening of the Fifth Seal (this page)1610
  5. Creation of The Elevation of the Cross1610s
  6. Creation of Judith Slaying Holofernes1613

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