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The head repeats with slight variations a detail of one of the versions, dating probably from the late 1580s onwards, of El Greco's composition of 'The Penitence of Saint Peter'. This is possibly a fragment from a larger composition.
An the autograph version which is probably the earliest is in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.
An the autograph version which is probably the earliest is in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.
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