GRECO, El
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

Sts John and Francis

c. 1600
Oil on canvas, 110 x 86 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The dragon in the goblet held by the figure on the left is from a legend of John the Evangelist, the turbulent heavens behind him express divine inspiration. Against a serene sky, Francis displays his wounded hands - the saint is said to have miraculously received the stigmata of Christ on the Cross.