GRECO, El (b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo) |
Saint Bernardino1603Oil on canvas, 269 x 144 cm Museo de El Greco, Toledo | |
Painted for the high altar of the Colegio de San Bernardino, Toledo, between February and September, 1603. In the last decade or so of his life El Greco created a number of life-size, full-length standing Saints - Saint John the Baptist (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco); Saint Peter (El Escorial); Saint Ildefonso (El Escorial) - which are among the most impressive of his works. A splendid motif is the group of three mitres, an attribute of the Saint. |