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Saint James the Greater by El Greco

El Greco

Saint James the Greater

Oil on canvas
61.6 x 34.3 cm (24.25 x 13.5 in)
Paintings
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (30 Oct 2018)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Oct 30, 2018
Christie'sNew YorkOld Masters41
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

61.6 x 34.3 cm (24.25 x 13.5 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

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

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).

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.

Description

Saint James the Greater

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

oil on canvas

24 ¼ x 13 ½ in. (61.6 x 34.3 cm.)