The image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is often attributed to an artist from this modern-day country. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country where “Madonneri” mass-produced icons for export to Venice. The composition of a gold-leafed Dormition by an artist born in this modern-day country may have inspired a later funerary painting.
ANSWER: Greece [or Hellas; or Hellenic Republic; prompt on El Greco] (The artist in the lead-in is Andreas Ritzos.)
[10e] El Greco’s Dormition shares many similarities with The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, which depicts a miracle in this province of central Spain that shares its name with a city El Greco painted a “view” of.
ANSWER: Toledo [accept View of Toledo]
[10h] During his Cretan period, El Greco created this altarpiece named after a northern Italian city. The front of this altarpiece depicts Christ crowning a knight, while its back depicts Mount Sinai.
ANSWER: Modena Triptych
<Steven Yuan, Visual Fine Arts>