St. Matthew

Item

Creator

Follower of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco

Title

St. Matthew

Description

Oil on canvas
This painting is part of a set of 13 known as the Henke Apostles series by this artist, depicting Jesus and the 12 apostles.

Provenance

Possibly Convento de la Natividad y San José (Convento de las Baronesas), Madrid. Manuel López Cepero y Cañaveral (1778-1858), after c. 1835, by inheritance to; Don Fernando López Cepero y Cañaveral, Seville, by 1843. Alberto Henke, Seville, c. 1900 to 1930. Private Collection, Germany, by 1931. [Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, on consignment by 1934]. [Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, sold October 1948 to]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, and Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, sold December 1948 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, to August 1978; Unidentified thieves stole the painting from Arthur C. Herrington, Cohasset, MA home; Police recovered and returned the painting August 1979 to; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.

Exhibitions

1934 – New York, NY, Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York, 26 November – 24 December 1934.

1960 – Indianapolis, IN, John Herron Art Museum, Indiana Collects: A Loan Exhibition of European and Latin-American Paintings Owned by Collectors in the State of Indiana, 9 October – 6 November 1960, no. 7, as St. Simon, illus.

1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 13, illus.

1965 – Indianapolis, Leah Ransburg Fine Arts Center, Indiana Central College, Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington, 2 – 10 October 1965, no. 5, illus.
1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, pp. 34-5, illus.
1968 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Civic and Cultural Center, Selections from the Herrington Collection, Inaugural Exhibition of the Arts Museum, 3-19 May 1968, no. 15, illus.

References

Ponz, Antonio. Viage de España, en que se da Noticia de las cosas mas apreciables, y dignas de saberse, que hay en ella. Vol. 5. Madrid: Por D. Joachin Ibarra, Impressor de Cámara de S.M. : Se hallará en su Imprenta con los demas de esta Obra, 1782, p.255-6, no. 38.
Cean Bermudez, Juan Agustin. Diccionario Historico de los mas Ilustres Profesores de las Bellas Artes en España. Vol 5. Madrid: En la Impreta de La Viuda de Ibarra, 1800, p. 13. Mention of Las Baronesas and ‘apostolado de medio cuerpo en la sacristía’.
Cossio, Manuel B. El Greco. Vol. 2. Madrid: Vitoriano Suárez: 1908, p. 580, no. 173 [Henke, San Mateo]; p. 619 [410-421 refers to Madrid, Las Baronesas].

Mayer, August L. Dominico Theotocopuli El Greco. Kritisches und Illustriertes Verzeichnis des Gesamtwerkes Verfasst und Eingeleitet. Munich: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1926, p. 23, no. 147 [Henke].

Mayer, August L. El Greco. Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1931, p. 86.

Camón Aznar, José. Dominico Greco. Vol. 2. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1950, pp. 980-1, 1053, 1401, illus.
Camon Aznar, José. El Greco: Apostolado. Barcelona: Edart, 1957, p. 1401, no. 331, illus.
Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño. La Pintura Española Fuera de España (Historia y Catálogo), Madrid: Espasa-Calpe 1958, pp. 192-3, no. 1263, San Mateo. [Details: Lienzo, 0,62 x 0,50. Medio cuerpo, leyendo en un gran libro. 1568-90. Del apostolado de la Colección Alberto Henke, de Sevilla, que fué de las Colecciones López Cepero y Cañaveral. Cossío, El Greco, 17e. Mayer, El Greco, 147. Camón, Dominico Greco, 331. Nueva York, Colección F. Mont.]

Status

Under research