Female Saint Beholding Vision of Christ Child and Saint Joseph - Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

"Female Saint Beholding Vision of Christ Child and Saint Joseph" by Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (n.d.) Brush and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash on cream laid paper.

Commentary

"Female Saint Beholding Vision of Christ Child and Saint Joseph" by Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (n.d.) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include drawings (visual works). Th is piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Attributed to El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614. The work is cataloged within a Greece cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as drawings (visual works), which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Brush and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash on cream laid paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (39.6 × 25.2 cm (15 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include drawings (visual works). Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/84310

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data