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The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Washington)

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The Tears of Saint Peter is a c.1600-1605 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, now in the Phillips Collection in Washington D. C.[1] It is in Harold Wethey's catalogue raisonné as number 271 and Tiziana Frati's as 64-c. Its appearance and dimensions are similar to the studio version now in Sitges.[2]

Provenance

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  1. Guillermo de Guillén García, Barcelona
  2. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona (deposited, 1906)
  3. Ignacio Zuloaga, Zumaya
  4. Ivan Chtchoukine, Paris (1908)
  5. Heilbuth Collection, Copenhagen (1920)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "THE REPENTANT ST. PETER". Phillips Collection. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Wethey. El Greco y su escuela. Vol. II. p. 156.