The Tears of Saint Peter (El Greco and studio, El Greco Museum)

The Tears of Saint Peter is a c.1595-1600 oil on canvas painting now in the El Greco Museum, Toledo. It is signed doménikos theotokópolis (sic) e`poiei. It is X-433 in Harold Wethey's catalogue raisonné and 64-g in Tiziana Frati's.^[1]

Cossío, Mayer and Camón Aznar attribute it to El Greco, whilst Halldor Soehner argues it is a repainted autograph work or a good studio work.^[2] According to Wethey it is the best studio treatment of the theme but it is not in a good condition and has been overpainted.

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)