LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.25 in. (61.60 cm.) (height) by 13.50 in. (34.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed[?] in cursive Greek 'doménikos theotokópoulos e'poíei' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Atlanta Art Association Galleries, Collectors' Firsts, 18 February-1 March 1959, no. 3. Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, Paintings from the Collection of George Henry Alexander Clowes, 3 October-1 November 1959, no. 31.

Literature:

H.E. Wethey, El Greco and His School, Princeton, 1962, I, fig. 285; II, p. 129, no. 238, as Workshop of El Greco(?). G. Manzini, L'Opera completa del Greco, Milan, 1969, no. 68 d, pp. 102-103. D. Rockefeller, et. al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection, I, New York, 1984, pp. 83-4, no. 4, illustrated, as El Greco and Workshop.

Provenance:

Private collection, Spain, until 1946, when acquired by Private collection, Switzerland. with Newhouse Galleries, New York, where acquired by Dr. George Henry Alexander Clowes (1877-1958), Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1956-1958, and by descent to The Clowes Fund, Indianapolis, Indiana. with Rudolf Heinemann, New York, owned jointly with Knoedler, New York, where acquired by the late owners on 1 July 1960 ($195,000).