The_Apparition_of_the_Virgin_to_St._Hyacinth
The Apparition of the Virgin to St. Hyacinth
Painting by El Greco
The Apparition of the Virgin to St. Hyacinth is oil on canvas painting by El Greco, dated between 1605-1610. The late-period painting shows the vision of the Virgin and Child before St. Hyacinth of Poland on the feast day marking the Assumption. This painting belonging to the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York, is one of two paintings which depict this scene.[1] The other version, a larger painting (158.4 x 98.7 cm (62 3/8 x 38 7/8 in)), belongs to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]