The Tears of Saint Peter
El Greco, 1585, Bowes Museum
‘The Tears of Saint Peter’ is a work by El Greco (Spain, 1541–1614). It is dated 1585. It is part of the collection Bowes Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.
It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 108 × 90 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Saint Peter and penitence.
The catalogue has 249 more works by El Greco.