LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

43.31 in. (110.00 cm.) (height) by 25.39 in. (64.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed (?) 'doménikos theotokópolos e'poíei' (in cursive Greek on the cartellino)

Exhibited:

Madrid, Museo Nacional de Pintura, Exposición de las obras del Greco, 1902, no. 52.

Literature:

M.B. Cossio, El Greco, Madrid, 1908, no. 99, as 'De caracteres dudosos'. J. Camon Aznar, Dominico Greco, Madrid, 1950, no. 638. H. Soehner, 'Greco in Spanien', II, Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, IX-X, 1958-9, p. 159, and III, no. 196, fig. 44, as 'workshop'. H.E. Wethey, El Greco and his School, Princeton, 1962, II, pp. 234-5, no. X-334, as 'workshop'. T. Frati, L'opera completa del Greco, Milan, 1969, no. 132w. J. Camon Aznar, Dominico Greco, 2nd ed., Madrid, 1970, II, p. 1373, no. 631.

Provenance:

Conde de Adanero, mid-19th century. Marques de Castro Serna, 1902-8. Conde de Campo Giro, 1927. Marques de Albayda. Anonymous sale [Property of a Family]; Christie's, London, 13 December 1996, lot 129, where acquired by the present owner.