St Gregory’s Mass

XVII century. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

While the holy Pope celebrates mass in the Basilica of Santa Cruz in Jerusalem, one of the acolytes doubts the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and at the same moment, Christ descends upon the altar, naked, crowned with thorns, showing his wounds, supported by two angels and surrounded by the attributes of the Passion. The canvas – which was attributed to Francisco Ribalta when it first appeared in a public sale in New York (1916) – was already recognised as an early work of the artist by Pérez Sánchez.

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Inventory number: P007403
Author: Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa
Title: St Gregory’s Mass
Date: XVII century
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 191 cm; Width: 139 cm
Provenance: Private collection in New York, until 1971; donated by Enrique García Herráiz, 1988
Entry date: 1988

Bibliography +

Kubler, Georges; Soria, Martín, Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal and their american dominions, Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1959, pp. 390.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, Instituto Diego Velázquez, del C., Madrid, 1972, pp. 30 y 63 / lám. 8b.

Alejos Moran, Asuncion, La Eucaristía en el arte valenciano, Institución Alfonso el Magnánimo, Servicios de Est, Valencia, 1977, pp. 129.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Jeronimo Jacinto de Espinosa: (1600-1667), Generalitat, Valencia, 2000, pp. 82.

Marco García, Victor, Pintura barroca en Valencia, 1600-1737, CEEH, Centro de Estudios de Europa Hispánica, Madrid, 2021, pp. 371 f.81 nº 10.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2175.
Autor: Espinosa, Jacinto Jerónimo / 2175. título: La misa de san Gregorio / Tipo de obra: pintura / Medidas: 1,91 x 1,39 m. / Técnica/soporte: óleo sobre lienzo 7 Nº de catálogo: P07403 / OBSERVACIONES: Sin marco Donación de D. Enrique Garcia Herraiz 7 Recibido en el museo el 8-III-1988".

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 29-06-2017