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St Francis Comforted by an Angel (San Francisco confortado por un ángel músico) by Francisco Ribalta, Ca. 1620, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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St Francis Comforted by an Angel (San Francisco confortado por un ángel músico)

Ca. 1620 · Oil; Canvas · Museo Nacional del Prado

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About this painting

A lamb stands on the rough blanket, and above it an angel plays a lute. Saint Francis sits up barefoot on his bed, hands open, eyes lifted to the music. The Prado tells the episode of a musician angel appearing in the saint's humble cell, and makes light the true protagonist: an unreal light that floods Francis and transforms his everyday room. In the doorway a Franciscan friar comes in at that moment with a minute candle, and Francisco Ribalta, the museum says, presents the apparition as an extraordinary event the friar cannot see. The scene follows a design by Piazza engraved by Sadeler in 1604; Ribalta painted it for the Capuchin convent of La Sangre de Cristo in Valencia. A plain cross hangs on the wall. The friar's candle is all the light he has.

Sources: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 'San Francisco confortado por un ángel músico', P001062; read 2026-09-24. · Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 'Saint Francis Comforted by an Angel', P001062; read 2026-09-24.

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The Record
Date Ca. 1620
Collection Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Subject Saints
Season Ordinary Time
Master 3,051 px
License Public domain
Attribution Museo Nacional del Prado · P001062

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Francisco Ribalta
Date Ca. 1620
Medium Oil; Canvas
Dimensions Height: 204 cm; Width: 158 cm
Holding Museo Nacional del Prado · P001062

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The file this print is made from

Source Ribalta-san francisco-prado.jpg
Master 3,051 px on the long edge
Rights Public domain — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistFrancisco Ribalta (Solsona, Lérida, 1565 - Valencia, 1628)
DateCa. 1620
MuseumMuseo Nacional del Prado
AccessionP001062
MediumOil; Canvas
DimensionsHeight: 204 cm; Width: 158 cm
Sheet sizes8×10 in
Provenance of the file
Held byMuseo Nacional del Prado · P001062 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Ribalta-san francisco-prado.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master2,359 × 3,051 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons on 25 August 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 7.7×10 in · archival margin · 305 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 3,051 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.