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Allegory, boy lighting candle in the company of an ape and a fool - Fábula by El Greco

• APA (7th)

  Greco, E. (1590). Allegory, boy lighting candle in the company of an ape and a fool - Fábula [Painting]. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/el-greco/allegory-boy-lighting-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula

• MLA (9th)

  Greco, El. Allegory, boy lighting candle in the company of an ape and a fool - Fábula. 1590, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. Art History Wiki, https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/el-greco/allegory-boy-lighting-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula. Accessed 2026-05-21.

• Chicago (Notes-Bibliography)

  El Greco, Allegory, boy lighting candle in the company of an ape and a fool - Fábula, 1590, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, https://artwiki.art.

• Harvard

  Greco, E., 1590. Allegory, boy lighting candle in the company of an ape and a fool - Fábula. [Painting] Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. Available at: https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/el-greco/allegory-boy-lighting-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula (Accessed: 2026-05-21).

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