Saint Francis and Brother Leo explained

Saint Francis and Brother Leo
Artist:El Greco
Year:1609
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:155
Width Metric:100
Museum:Colegio del Cardenal
City:Monforte de Lemos

Saint Francis and Brother Leo is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Colegio del Cardenal in Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Spain.

It shows Francis of Assisi as a meditating hermit, holding a skull. To the left kneels his friend Brother Leo, praying.

See also

Bibliography (in Spanish)

El Greco