St.Peter in Tears (1580s) is a oil on canvas painting by the Spanish Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect El Greco. This is the earliest version of a subject El Greco painted in at least six different autograph variants (several of which gave rise to studio copies) over the course of his career in Spain. He made the subject, which was new in the Counter-Reformation period, one of his specialities. In this painting St Peter raises his tear-filled eyes to Heaven, his hands joined in prayer. The background scene of visional qualities on the left represents the Magdalen returning from the empty tomb after receiving the announcement of Christ's resurrection from an angel. The painting (109 x 90 cm) is in the collection of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.