title: Saint Francis and Brother Leo
text: # 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.
  
  ## Bibliography (in Spanish)
  
  * ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
  * SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
  * https://web.archive.org/web/20100918203001/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/6346.htm
  