| Saint Peter and Saint Paul | |
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| Artist | El Greco |
| Year | 1587-1592 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 121.5 cm× 105 cm(47.8 in× 41 in) |
| Location | Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a 1587-1592 painting by El Greco, one of several versions of the theme by the artist [1] - others are now in Barcelona and Stockholm. It shows the apostles saint Peter and saint Paul. The work was once shown on a stamp produced by the USSR. [2]
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Portrait of a Young Nobleman is a 1600–1605 oil on canvas portrait by El Greco, originally in the quinta del Duque del Arco at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in Madrid but now in the Museo del Prado. It was long thought to show the poet Baltasar Elisio de Medinilla, but this has been disproven, and its subject is now unknown. It appears to have been influenced by portraits by Titian and Tintoretto, who El Greco knew whilst in Venice.
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