Saint Francis protected by Bishop Guido of Assisi

Ca. 1787. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

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 and belonging entirely to the Museo del Prado, in which the painters José Camarón and Bonanat also took part (1731-1803), Antonio Carnicero (1748-1814) and Manuel de la Cruz (1750-1792). This scene, commissioned to its author for the decoration of the lower cloister, is taken from the Major Legend of Saint Francis (Saint Bonaventure, Chapter II, 4) and depicts how Saint Francis is welcomed by Bishop Guy of Assisi, making before this prelate a legal renunciation of all his goods, going so far as to strip him of his bag and his clothes, which he left at the feet of his progenitor.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.241

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Series

Vida de San Francisco. Claustro de la Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid

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Saint Francis protected by Bishop Guido of Assisi

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Inventory number: P003486
Author: Zacarías González Velázquez
Title: Saint Francis protected by Bishop Guido of Assisi
Date: Ca. 1787
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 216.99998 cm; Width: 274 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. 517, nº62.

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. nº1015.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 241.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 1015.
1015. / S.n fran.co sentado sobre una roca predicando a los aves, á sus espaldas se ven dos relig.s de la misma orden en actitud de observacion: fª del tamº nat.l y cuerpo entº / Autor Carnicero. / Alto 2,16 1/2; ancho 2,72. / id.id.id.