The Son bears the cross of his passion. He is semi-nude to show the wound in his side and sits to the right of God the Father, who is totally clothed and holds a scepter. The dove of the Holy Ghost hovers over their heads with outstretched wings.This painting of the mystery of the Holy Trinity may also include a clear allusion to the ideas of the creation and redemption of the human race, both in the Father and Son´s gestures—they point to and bless the globe of the world held by angels in

Christ and the Virgin Mary appear to Saint Francis at the church of la Porziuncola and the saint asks them for plenary indulgence for all pilgrims to that site. We know the artist´s name because it is revealed by the signature halfway up the canvas on the right, as well as through Antonio Palomino´s Museo Pictórico (1724). Palomino´s biography of Francisco Caro (ca.1627-1667) in that book praises another large painting that he made for the cloister of San Francisco in Segovia, which is th