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AI Suggests El Greco Could Be the Sole Author of 'The Baptism of Christ'

Une IA suggère qu’El Greco pourrait être l’unique auteur du Baptême du Christ

A new scientific study published in the journal Science Advances challenges the long-held belief that El Greco's monumental painting 'The Baptism of Christ' was completed by his workshop. Using a deep-learning tool called PATCH to analyze the painting's surface topography, researchers from Case Western Reserve University found a technical consistency suggesting the work was executed by a single hand, likely El Greco himself, despite visible variations in execution.

The findings could significantly alter the attribution and understanding of this key late work. If the AI analysis is correct, the uneven quality previously attributed to assistants like his son Jorge Manuel may instead reflect the physical decline of the aging master, offering a new perspective on his final creative period and potentially elevating the painting's status as an autograph work.