Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
1604. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
When this work was included in the catalogue of the Museo del Prado in the 1878 edition, Pedro de Madrazo pointed out that it came from the convent de la Trinidad Calzada in Toledo. Nevertheless, it seems certain that the provenance of this painting is the province of Ávila, as it undoubtedly was a companion of the work Saint Gertrude the Great, a work that disappeared during the Spanish Civil War. The provenance of the Colegio de Agustinos Calzados de Madrigal, although hypothetical, is highly probable. Carvajal painted in the same year for that college Christ at the Column for the Gospel side altarpiece and Saint William of Aquitaine, likewise signed and dated, for the Epistle side altarpiece. The latter is also recorded in the Inventario general de los cuadros de la Trinidad existentes en el depósito y escogidos por la Comisión de la Academia [General inventory of the paintings of the Museo de la Trinidad extant at the deposit and chosen by the Academy Commission]. It is likely that the paintings Saint Nicholas of Tolentino and Saint Gertrude the Great were part of the same commission.
Álvarez Lopera, José, El museo de la Trinidad: historia, obras y documentos (1838-1872), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2009, p.90
