Who painted “Saints Peter and Paul”?

“Saints Peter and Paul” was painted by El Greco in 1587. Where to see it: Hermitage Museum.

What to look for

El Greco: elongated, flame-like figures, cold greens and acid yellows, flickering light and turbulent, stormy skies.

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. Wikipedia

Test yourself: a round on El Greco

More by El Greco

“View of Toledo”, 1596
“The Burial of the Count of Orgaz”, 1586
“Opening of the Fifth Seal”, 1610
“The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest”, 1580
“The Disrobing of Christ”, 1578
“The Fable”, 1580
“Laocoön”, 1610–1614
“Saint Peter and Saint Paul”, 1595