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02-06-2026
Francisco Bayeu

Zaragoza, 1734 - Madrid, 1795

Francisco Bayeu See author's file

The Calling of the Prophet Isaiah

1771. Oil on canvas.
Room 086

This is a preparatory oil sketch for one of the eight frescoes, now lost, by Bayeu for the dome of the collegiate church at La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia. They depicted the exaltation of the Trinity and the revelation of the existence of God. A seraphim with a live coal taken from the temple altar approaches Isaiah, kneeling before a vision of God, and touches him with it in order to leave him free of sin (Isaiah 6, 1-8).

Technical data

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Imagen del carrusel

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Inventory number
P002493
Author
Francisco Bayeu
Title
The Calling of the Prophet Isaiah
Date
1771
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Width: 33 cm; Height: 59 cm
Series
Serie de bocetos preparatorios para el fresco de la cúpula de la Colegiata de La Granja de San Ildefonso
Provenance
Royal Collection (Testamentary of the painter, 1795; Chopinot Collection; acquired by Isabel II from Julián María Piñera, 1842).
Entry date
1842

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Bocetos y estudios para pinturas y esculturas. Siglos XVI-XIX, Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte, Madrid, 1949.

Sambricio, Valentin De, Francisco Bayeu, Instituto Diego Velázquez, Madrid, 1955, pp. 35.

Sambricio, Valentin De, Francisco Bayeu, Instituto Diego Velázquez, Madrid, 1955, pp. 35/ lám.8c.

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972.

Müller, Priscilla, Francisco Bayeu, Tiepolo and the trinitorian dome frescoes of the Colegiata at La Granja, Pantheon, 35, 1977, pp. 23/ lám.6.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 42.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (I) La Colección Real, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1990.

Morales y Marín, José Luis, Francisco Bayeu, vida y obra, Ediciones Moncayo, Madrid, 1995, pp. 92.

Bray, Xavier, The iconography of Francisco Bayeu's frescoes for the Colegiata at La Granja de San Ildefonso, The Burlington magazine, 139, 1997, pp. 543.

Mano, José Manuel de la, Tiepolo's commission for the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity at La Granja de San Ildefonso, The Burlington magazine, 139, 1997, pp. 540.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Goya y la pintura española del siglo XVIII: guía, Museo del Prado, Aldeasa, Madrid, 2000, pp. 122.

Other inventories +

Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 2766.
Desde el numero siguiente 2763 al 2770, ambos inclusive, fueron comprados a D. Carlos Luis Peñarredonda en virtud de orden de 12 de enero de 1843, abonando la R. casa por ellos la cantidad de 1700 R.s von [...] Ydm. [Bayeu] / 2766. / Otro boceto idm. / Alto 2 pies, 1 pulg ancho 1 pie, 1 pulg, 6 lin.

Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1872-1907. Núm. 646.
646.-El Sacrificio. / Alto 0,59. Ancho 0,33.-Lienzo.-(Compañero de los dos ante- / riores.)

Inscriptions +

2766.
Inscribed in red color. Front, lower left area

4
Inscribed in dark color. Front, lower central area

2766.
Handwritten label. Front, Lower right area

Location +

Room 086 (On Display)

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Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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