This canvas was part of the decoration of the chapel dedicated to that saint at the Franciscan convent of Santa María de Jesús (known as San Diego de Alcalá) in Alcalá de Henares. Part of its considerable interest is that it may be considered a fine example of the artist’s Madrid period, around 1650-52, when he made some of his finest works. Stylistically, it is probably most closely linked to the Getafe canvases.