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Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.
- Zurbarán, Francisco de, 1598-1664.
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- 44829i
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Saint Luis Beltrán (1526-1581) was born in Valencia, Spain; joined the Dominican Order; and served as master of the novices for thirty years. Hoping to be martyred, he asked to be sent to Central America. He returned to Spain seven years later unharmed. In the painting he holds a cup containing a poisonous snake and renders it harmless by his blessing. In the background, the saint preaching in Panama or Colombia
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 56 x 41.5 cm
Contributors
References note
M. Gregori and T. Frati, L'opera complete di Zurbarán, Milan 1973, p. 109, no. 317 (the Seville painting)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 44829i
Reproduction note
After: painting by Francisco Zurbarán in the Alcázar, Seville, later in the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Seville (reproduced by Gregori and Frati, loc. cit.), measuring 209 x 154 cm.
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