Apostles Peter and Paul
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by : Doménicos Theotokópoulos, El Greco
/ location : The Hermitage: St. Petersburg
/ Year : 1592
/ Oil on canvas
Original size: 121.5 x 105.0 cms
El Greco painted pairs of saints from the 1590s. This painting's subject is the reconciliation between the two apostles who had been in disagreement, a fact shown by the joining of the hands, that intertwine without touching.
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