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02-06-2026
Zacarías González Velázquez

Madrid, 1763 - Madrid, 1834

Zacarías González Velázquez See author's file

Ca. 1787. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

It is part of the series of thirty-three scenes from the Life of Saint Francis (Assisi, Italy, 1182-1226) painted for the basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid. The painters José Camarón y Bonanat (1731-1803), Antonio Carnicero (1748-1814) and Manuel de la Cruz (1750-1792) were involved in this cycle, which belongs entirely to the Museo del Prado.

This scene, commissioned to its author for the decoration of the lower cloister, represents the baptism of the saint, only son of the knight Pedro Bernardone and Madona Pica. According to tradition, a pilgrim was the child´s godfather.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.239

Technical data

Imagen del carrusel
Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P003510
Author
Zacarías González Velázquez
Date
Ca. 1787
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Width: 274 cm; Height: 216 cm
Series
Vida de San Francisco. Claustro de la Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid
Provenance
Commission from the Patronage of the Basilica of Saint Francis the Great (Madrid) to the artist for the decoration of the lower cloister, 1786; Museo de la Trinidad, 1836–1872.
Entry date
1872

Bibliography +

Ponz, Antonio, Viage de España. Vol. I, Joachin Ibarra, Madrid, 1793, pp. 109.

García Barriuso, Patrocinio, San Francisco el Grande de Madrid: aportación documental para su historia, Madrid, 1975, pp. 498, nº23.

Espinós, Adela; Orihuela, Mercedes y Royo Villanova, Mercedes, "El Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Madrid. I. Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Boletín del Museo del Prado, I, 1980, pp. 59.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II). Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991, pp. nº1042.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 239.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 1042.
1042 / El bautizo de un niño à quien un peregrino tie- / ne en la pila figª tamº nat.l y cuerpo entº / Fdo Zacarías Velázquez / Alto 2,16 1/2; ancho 2,72 [Nota en margen derecho] Id. id. id.

Inscriptions +

Z.G.V. ft.
Signed. Front, lower central area

1014
Inscribed. Frame, back

2,15 × 2,78
Inscribed. Stretcher

1042
Inscribed in red color. Front, lower right corner

no 12980
Scrap of paper. Stretcher, central crossbeam

Location +

Madrid - Real Basílica de San Francisco El Grande (Deposit)

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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