El Greco Paints the Grand Inquisitor Author:Stefan Paul Andres El Greco is summoned to paint a portrait of Cardinal Nino de Guevara, the despised Grand Inquisitor of Spain, an inordinately cruel man with deeply held convictions. The painter faces the choice of capitulating or fleeing. He andhis friends Dr Cazalla do what they must to retain their personal freedom while living in virtual bondage. Stefan Andr... more »es wrote the book in 1935 as new restraints were being imposed by the Nazis on the artistic community in Germany, and it was immediately recognised as a veiled document of resistance to the Nazi tyranny.« less