| Timeline |
| 1541 |
Born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Crete |
| 1566 |
Spends next four years in Venice in the workshop of Titian |
| 1570 |
Spends next six years in Rome |
| 1577 |
Settles in Toledo; commission for Santo Domingo el Antiguo |
| 1578 |
Son born to El Greco and Jerónima de las Cuevas |
| 1579 |
Commission for the Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Legions |
| 1585 |
Commission for the Dean of Toledo Cathedral |
| 1586 |
Commission for the Burial of the Count of Orgaz |
| 1591 |
Commission for the high altar of the church of Talavera la Vieja, Toledo |
| 1596 |
Commission for the Church of the Augustine College of Doña Maria de Aragón, Madrid |
| 1597 |
Commission for the Chapel of San José, Toledo |
| 1603 |
Contract for the Saint Bernardino |
| 1607 |
Contract for the decoration of the Chapel of Isabel de Oballe in the Church of San Vicente, Toledo |
| 1608 |
Commission for paintings for the church of the Hospital of San Juan Bautista |
| 1614 |
Dies 7 April in Toledo |
