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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Saint Martin and the Beggar
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
El Greco (painter)
Greek, 1541 - 1614
Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597/1599
oil on canvas with wooden strip added at bottom
Overall: 193.5 x 103 cm (76 3/16 x 40 9/16 in.) framed: 215.3 x 135.9 x 12.7 cm (84 3/4 x 53 1/2 x 5 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.25
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From the Tour: El Greco
Object 3 of 8

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Commissioned 9 November 1597 by the Capilla de San José [Chapel of Saint Joseph], Toledo. Sold 1906 by the directors of the chapel, in Paris to (Boussod Valadon, Paris); sold in same year to Peter A. B. Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, PA;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener [1860-1943], Elkins Park, PA.[2]

[1] Edith Standen notes in the NGA curatorial files. [2] "The Perfect Collection, as Achieved by Mr. Widener of Philadelphia," Fortune (September 1932): 66, 69.

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