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Saint Peter is a 1608 oil on canvas painting produced by El Greco in Toledo towards the end of his life. It is now in the Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid.. It shows the apostle standing atop a mountain holding a set of keys, referring to Christ's commission to Peter as "the rock upon which I will build my church.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a painting by the Cretan-Spanish artist El Greco. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. It is currently on display at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , who purchased the work in 1932.
Where art historian José Camón Aznar had attributed between 787 and 829 paintings to El Greco, Wethey reduced the number to 285 authentic works. Halldor Sœhner, a German researcher of Spanish art, recognized only 137. [7] Both Wethey and Sœhner divided in their catalogues the works in those painted by El Greco and those produced by his ...
Holy Face of Jesus (or The Veil of Veronica) is a 1586–1595 painting by El Greco of the Holy Face of Jesus on a veil. It is now in the Museo del Prado , in Madrid , which acquired it in 1944 using funds from a legacy from the conde de Cartagena.
The Penitent Saint Peter is a painting by El Greco. It is part of the collection of the San Diego Museum of Art [ 1 ] and depicts a praying Saint Peter , one of Jesus' apostles. See also
Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a 1587-1592 painting by El Greco, one of several versions of the theme by the artist [1] - others are now in Barcelona and Stockholm. It shows the apostles saint Peter and saint Paul. The work was once shown on a stamp produced by the USSR. [2] Saint Peter and Saint Paul on a Soviet postage stamp, 1970
The Tears of Saint Peter or Penitent Saint Peter is a 1580-1589 painting by El Greco, now in the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, UK. It shows Peter the Apostle weeping after his betrayal of Jesus. Variants of the work are in the Museo Soumaya , Oslo , the Museo del Prado , the San Diego Museum of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art .
The Holy Face of Jesus is a title for specific images which some Catholics believe to be miraculously formed representations of the face of Jesus Christ. The image obtained from the Shroud of Turin is associated with a specific medal worn by some Roman Catholics and is also one of the Catholic devotions to Christ .