Follower of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo) Saint Francis of Assisi in meditationFollower of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo)Saint Francis of Assisi in meditation oil on canvas58.4 x 49.8cm (23 x 19 5/8in).ProvenanceBrooklyn Museum, New York, by whom offeredSale, Christie's, New York, 4 April 1990, lot 112 ExhibitedNew York, Brooklyn Museum, Loan Exhibition of Brooklyn Art Treasures November 1924, cat. no. 12, as El GrecoSaint Francis was a popular subject for El Greco and his pupils, with at least 24 autograph examples known (see: H. Wethey, El Greco, p. 114). The present composition comes closest to a work by El Greco and his workshop, now in the collection of Marques de Santa Maria de Silvela y de Castanar, Madrid.