The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Lerma Museum Foundation)

The Tears of Saint Peter is a c.1605-1610 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, now in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo, Spain.^[1] It is signed δομήνικος θεοτοκóπουλος ε´ποíει;.

The first documentary mention of it is in a Hospital de Tavera inventory from 1672.^[2] It is number 273 in the Harold Wethey catalogue raisonné and 64-e in Tiziana Frati's.

Variants of the work are:

• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Barnard Castle)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Oslo)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Mexico City)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco and studio, Sitges)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco and studio, El Greco Museum)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Washington)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, Lerma Museum Foundation)
• The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco, San Diego)