The Archangel Sealtiel carring censer
First half of the XVII century. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
It was thought that this painting together with P005377 might be two survivors of a series recorded as belonging to Franciscan nuns in the church of the convent of Los Ángeles in Madrid: ‘7 paintings of equal dimensions of Archangels and Angels of natural size of 2 1/2 [by] 5/4 [varas]’. However, the size of the canvases in this series in the convent of Los Ángeles (210 x 105 cm) is, very different in width from those of these two paintings by Bartolomé Román. There is no record as to whether they were part of a series of seven similar to those in the monasteries of la Encarnación and Descalzas Reales in Madrid.
Álvarez Lopera, José, El museo de la Trinidad: historia, obras y documentos (1838-1872), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2009, p.112-113
