Currently not on view
Saint Francis of Assisi
studio of El Greco, Greek, 1541–1614, active in Spain
y1952-40
Information
Title
Saint Francis of Assisi
Maker
studio of El Greco
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62 x 51.5 cm (24 7/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
frame: 80.5 x 70.5 x 4.5 cm (31 11/16 x 27 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, Class of 1904
Object Number
y1952-40
Place Made
Europe, Spain
Signatures
Signed, lower right [in Greek].
Culture
Type
Rafael Domenech, Madrid; Paul LaFond, Paris; Durand-Ruel, Paris; Sam A. Lewisohn, May 1927; 1952 bequest to Princeton University Art Museum.
- Manuel B. Cossío, El Greco, (Madrid: V. Suárez, 1908). , no. 177 (?)
- A survey of Spanish painting through Goya, (Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1937)., no. 6 (illus.)
- M. Legendre and A. Hartmann, Domenico Theotocopouli dit El Greco, (Paris: Éditions Hyperion, 1937)., p. 385 (illus.)
- José Camón Aznar, Dominico Greco, (Spain: Espasa-Calpe, 1950). , p. 1385
- The Lewisohn Collection: a catalogue of the paintings, water colors and drawings, prints, and sculpture shown in a special exhibition November 2 - December 2, 1951 before the dispersal of bequests to various museums and galleries, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1951)., no. 39; p. 24 (illus.)
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 12, no. 1 (1953): p. 38-39., p. 39
- Variations: three centuries of painting, (Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1954)., no. 1
- Old masters from American collections:the Newark Museum, November 22, 1955-January 2, 1956, (Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1955).
- John D. Morse, Old Masters in America: a comprehensive guide; more than two-thousand paintings in United States and Canada by forty famous artists, (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1955)., p. 87
- An inaugural exhibition: El Greco, Rembrandt, Goya, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso: Milwaukee Art Institute, September 12-October 20, 1957, (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Center, 1957). , p. 13; no. 9
- Dedication exhibition, (Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, 1958). , cat. no. 78; pl. f
- Harold E. Wethey, El Greco and his school, (Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1962)., p. 229; cat. no. X-306
- Gianna Manzini and Tiziana Frati, L’opera completa del Greco, (Milano: Rizzoli, 1969)., p. 108; cat. no. 102h
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Manuel B. Cossio, El Greco, (Barcelona: Editorial R.M., 1972).
, p. 381; cat. no. 235
