Vision of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic de Guzmán

Ca. 1787. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

It is part of the series of thirty-three scenes from the Life of Saint Francis (Assisi, Italy, 1182-1226) painted for the basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid. The painters José Camarón y Bonanat (1731-1803), Antonio Carnicero (1748-1814) and Manuel de la Cruz (1750-1792) were involved in this cycle, which belongs entirely to the Museo del Prado.

This scene, commissioned to its author for the decoration of the lower cloister, is taken from an episode narrated in “La Leyenda Dorada” by Santiago de la Vorágine. It represents both saints, Saint Francis and Saint Dominic of Guzman, contemplating the appearance of God the Savior in anger ready to punish sinners, and that of the Virgin imploring forgiveness for them, promising them that both will preach the faith of Christ to all nations.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.242

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Series

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

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Vision of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic de Guzmán

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Inventory number: P003512
Author: Zacarías González Velázquez
Title: Vision of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic de Guzmán
Date: Ca. 1787
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 218 cm; Width: 271 cm
Series: Vida de San Francisco. Claustro de la Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid
Provenance: Commission from the Patronage of the Basilica of Saint Francis the Great (Madrid) to the artist for the decoration of the lower cloister, 1786; Museo de la Trinidad, 1836–1872.
Entry date: 1872

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. 504, nº39.

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. 59.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II). Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991, pp. nº1044.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 242.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 1044.
1044 / Sn Franco y Sto Domingo, arrodillados ante de / Jesucristo y la Virgen q.e bajan en una gloria de ange- / les s de tamº nat.l y cuerpo entº / F.do Zacarias Velazquez / Alto 2,16 1/2; ancho 2,72 [Nota en margen derecho] id. id. id.