Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 minutes ago

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ArtStop: El Greco
The San Diego Museum of Art

John Digesare, Senior Registrar, discusses El Greco's "The Penitent Saint Peter," circa 1590-1595.

Domenikos Theotokopoulos (AKA El Greco; Kryiakos Theotokopoulos). "The Penitent Saint Peter," ca. 1590-1595. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam. 1940.76.
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ArtStops are 15 minute, staff-led tours of one to three works on view. Museum curators and educators present these brief, yet always enlightening and informative, talks every Thursday and third Tuesday at noon.

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