A Franciscan Taking Vows
Early XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground, Pencil on paper.Not on display
In front of an altar, a bishop listens to the oath of a monk kneeling before him with his hands together. A deacon in a dalmatic reads a thick book on the right part of the composition. In the background, seated under a four-poster frame, standing monks attend to a king (or a pontiff?).
This work was made in Madrid at the beginning of the 17th century in a style very similar to that of Vicente Carducho or Eugenio Cajés, by whom it may have been made.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1972, p.159
