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02-06-2026
Zacarías González Velázquez

Madrid, 1763 - Madrid, 1834

Zacarías González Velázquez See author's file

Saint Francis giving his cloak to a poor man

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, depicts the event narrated in the "Legend of St. Francis" (St. Bonaventure, Chapter I, 2) in which St. Francis meets a poor man poorly dressed and gives him his cloak. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.240

Technical data

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Inventory number
P003492
Author
Zacarías González Velázquez
Title
Saint Francis giving his cloak to a poor man
Date
Ca. 1787
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 216 cm; Width: 272 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. 499, nº27.

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. 57.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II). Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991, pp. nº1024.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 240.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 1024.
1024. / Un Sto en el acto de quitarse una capa encarnada como para dársela a una persona sentada en el suelo en actitud de ponerse un bendaje de cuerpo entº y tamº nat.l / Fdo Velazquez / Alto 2,16 1/2; ancho 2,72 / Id. id. id.

Inscriptions +

Z.G.V. ft.
Signed. Front, lower right corner

1024
Inscribed in orange. Front, lower right corner

no 12988
Scrap of paper. Stretcher, central crossbeam, at center

39
Inscribed. Stretcher, central crossbeam, at center

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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