A Lady in a Fur Wrap

While most people believe that the Lady in a Fur Wrap is a portrait of El Greco's beloved partner Jeronima, others are less convinced. Although he never married her, El Greco was in a loving relationship with Jeronima and she bore his only child around the same time this painting was completed. Yet some critics are skeptical about El Greco's authorship since this work is so strikingly different from most of his others. People in this camp have proposed Tintoretto or Anguissola as possible creators for this piece. However, similarities have been drawn between this painting and El Greco's The Virgin Mary, with many arguing that both were painted using the same sitter.