This work is part of a series of Apostles executed by Diego González de la Vega for the Oratory of Parents of El Salvador, Madrid (Spain). When they entered the Museo de la Trinidad (1838) were listed as anonymous. Along with other works, now destroyed, the canvases at the Museo del Prado are The Virgin Reading (P3392), Saint Peter (P3248), this Saint Paul, Saint John the Evangelist (P4021), Saint Matthew (P3200) and Saint Thomas (P3362).