An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula), El Greco, circa 1580

In this work three characters appear next to a burning brand, one of them being the boy who has it in his hand and who blows to fan it, another a man who smiles and the third a chained monkey who blows with a concentrated expression. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: circa 1580. Place of creation: Spain. Dimensions: height: 50.5 cm (19.8 in) ; width: 63.6 cm (25 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Fábula (El Greco, c. 1600)