The Virgin Appearing to Saint Francis

1788 - 1789. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

This scene is related to a passage from the life of Saint Francis in which rose bushes sprang up where his blood had fallen to the ground during one of his sessions of penance The resulting flowers were used to adorn the chapel dedicated to the Virgin at La Porciuncula, where the saint prayed during his retreat. According to tradition, that is a place frequently visited by angels, hence the chapel´s name: Our Lady of the Angels.

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Vida de San Francisco. Claustro de la Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid

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Inventory number: P003490
Author: Antonio Carnicero
Title: The Virgin Appearing to Saint Francis
Date: 1788 - 1789
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 273 cm; Height: 216 cm
Series: Vida de San Francisco. Claustro de la Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid
Provenance: Madrid, Franciscan convent of Jesús y María, popularly known as San Francisco el Grande, Cloister: Museo de la Trinidad

Bibliography +

Ponz, Antonio, Viage de España. Vol. I, Joachin Ibarra, Madrid, 1793, pp. 109.

García Barriuso, Patrocinio, San Francisco el Grande de Madrid: aportación documental para su historia, Madrid, 1975, pp. 497, nº22.

Espinós, Adela; Orihuela, Mercedes y Royo Villanova, Mercedes, "El Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Madrid. I. Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Boletín del Museo del Prado, I, 1980, pp. 57.

Martinez Ibañez, Maria Antonia, Antonio Carnicero Mancio, Pintor. Vol. II. Tesis Doctoral, III, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1987, pp. 347, nº44.

Martínez Ibáñez, María Antonia, La pintura de Antonio Carnicero Mancio en el Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XI, 1990, pp. 37-41.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II). Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991, pp. nº1022.

Antonio Carnicero: 1748-1814, Cat. exp., Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, 1997.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 1022.
1022. / Sn Franco arrodillado ante la Virgen la q. le presenta al niño Jesús fs de tamº nat.l y Cuerpo entº / Autor Carnicero / Alto 2,16 1/2; ancho 2,72 / Id. id. id.