An angel comforts Saint Francis with music

Workshop of Basilio de Santa Cruz (Cusco, Peru)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1670-1680

Height:

140.0 cm  (55 1/8 in.)

Width:

150.0 cm  (59 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Cuzco (Perú)

Description

The painting belongs to a series of a total of 54 paintings (all preserved today at the Museo de San Francisco in Santiago de Chile), depicting scenes of the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. The series was most probably painted in Cusco (Peru) between 1670 and 1680. The painting shows Saint Francis and an angel playing the vihuela, symbolizing the healing power of angelic music.

People as subjects

St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Vihuela [3252]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Album de las pinturas que representan el nacimiento, vida, milagros, santidad y último trance de Nuestro Seráfico Padre San Francisco, ejecutadas hace tres siglos para la Orden Franciscana de Santiago de Chile y en cuoy Convento se hallan. 2nd ed. (Santiago de Chile: Museo Colonial de "San Francisco", 1990) 38-39. OCLC 84461875.

Notes

The painting is part of a series of 42 painting of the Cuzco school representing the life of Saint Francis.

RIdIM record id

1607