On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02819
- Author
- El Greco
- Title
- Saint Andrew and Saint Francis
- Chronology
- Ca. 1595
- Technique
- Oil
- Support
- Canvas
- Measures
- 167 cm x 113 cm
- School
- Spanish
- Theme
- Religion
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Duke of Abrantes Collection (before 1676); acquired from the Royal Monastery of the Encarnación, 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.
















