Follower of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo)Saint Francis of Assisi in meditation oil on canvas 58.4 x 49.8cm (23 x 19 5/8in).FootnotesProvenance Brooklyn Museum, New York, by whom offered Sale, Christie's, New York, 4 April 1990, lot 112 Exhibited New York, Brooklyn Museum, Loan Exhibition of Brooklyn Art Treasures November 1924, cat. no. 12, as El Greco Saint Francis was a popular subject for El Greco and his pupils, with at least 24 autograph examples known (see: H. Wethey, El Greco p. 114). The present composition comes closest to a work by El Greco and his workshop, now in the collection of Marques de Santa Maria de Silvela y de Castanar, Madrid.
Follower of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo)Saint Francis of Assisi in meditation oil on canvas 58.4 x 49.8cm (23 x 19 5/8in).FootnotesProvenance Brooklyn Museum, New York, by whom offered Sale, Christie's, New York, 4 April 1990, lot 112 Exhibited New York, Brooklyn Museum, Loan Exhibition of Brooklyn Art Treasures November 1924, cat. no. 12, as El Greco Saint Francis was a popular subject for El Greco and his pupils, with at least 24 autograph examples known (see: H. Wethey, El Greco p. 114). The present composition comes closest to a work by El Greco and his workshop, now in the collection of Marques de Santa Maria de Silvela y de Castanar, Madrid.
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