El Greco

Christ Healing the Blind



El Greco - Christ Healing the Blind



El Greco
Christ Healing the Blind
c. 1570
119.4 x 146.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978


Literature

Everett Fahy (ed.), The Wrightsman pictures, New York; New Haven, 2005, nr. 6


Provenance

with Martin Colnaghi (Guardi Gallery), London, from 1876
William Rennie, London, by 1877–88
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 1888, nr. 88, as by Tintoretto, to "Eyles"
Horace James Smith-Bosanquet, in or shortly after 1888–died 1907
his son, George Richard Smith-Bosanquet, 1907–died 1939
his son, George Andrew James Smith-Bosanquet, Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 1939–58
sale, Christie's, London, 9 May 1958, nr. 14, as by Veronese, to Agnew
with Agnew, London, 1958–60, sold to Wrightsman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1960–78

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1978.416

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