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- Reference number
- P02819
- Author
- El Greco (Spanish)
- Title
- Saint Andrew and Saint Francis
- Chronology
- Ca. 1595
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 167 cm x 113 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1942
The two saints —Andrew, from the
earliest years of Christianity and
Francis, from the thirteenth
century— engage in a lively
conversation. Their depiction
together may be due to a specific
devotion.
Saint Andrew's large cross is the
compositional and color-based nexus
that links the two saints, who are
very elongated and are seen from a
very low viewpoint.
The work is signed in Greek letters
in the lower right corner, on the
cartouche.
This work comes from the Convent of
la Encarnación in Madrid.
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