Saint Francis and Brother Leo

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 List of works by El Greco

Bibliography (in Spanish) ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). . SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918203001/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/6346.htm