Francisco Fernández
Illustration — Saul and David, now in the Museu de Belles Arts de València • Illustration — Titlepage of the Dialogos de la Pintura by Carducci, illustrated by Fernández Francisco Fernández, (1606 in Madrid – 1646) who was brought up in the school of Vincenzo Carducho, was one of the most ingenious artists of his time, and his talent gained great reputation for him at an early age. He was employed by Philip IV in the palaces at Madrid, and in the convent of La Victoria are pictures by him of the Death of St. Francis of Paola, and St.
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Francisco Fernández

Francisco Fernández · [2] · Public domain
- Born
- 1606 · Madrid.
- Died
- 1646 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- painter
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- Vincenzo Carducci
- Languages
- Spanish
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Born at Madrid in 1606, died in Madrid in 1646.
Training under Vincenzo Carducci is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Francisco Fernández is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

La obra representa a San Francisco de Asís, el fundador de la Orden de los franciscanos, recibiendo de manos de Jesucristo y de la Virgen María la Indulgencia o el Jubileo de la Porciúncula, ya que en 1216 el papa Honorio III concedió una indulgencia plenaria a todos aquellos que visitaran la pequeña iglesia de la Porciúncula, que está situada en el interior de la basílica de Nuestra Señora de
Francisco Fernández

La obra representa a la Virgen María apareciéndose a San Francisco de Asís, el fundador de la Orden de los franciscanos.
Francisco Fernández · [2]
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- 1.Aunque Palomino lo dice muerto en 1646, con apenas 42 años, en 1647 firmó una Inmaculada y en 1657 aún vivía según el testimonio de Lázaro Díaz del Valle.
- 2.Palomino, p. 167.
- 3.Pérez Sánchez, p. 92.
- 4.La primera edición, de 1624, no lleva más grabado que el de portada y un retrato en oración de Juan de Dios, pero la Biblioteca Nacional de España guarda una serie de estampas sueltas de la vida del santo en la que participan también Diego Rodríguez, Juan Schorquens, Juan de Noort y Herman Panneels, firmada una de ellas en 1637 (o 1639), pero ningún ejemplar completo de esta fecha o compatible con ella y con las edades de los artífices.
- 5.Portús Pérez, Javier, La Sala Reservada del Museo del Prado y el coleccionismo de pintura de desnudo en la corte española 1554-1838, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1998, , p. 60 y fig. 15. La imagen, que atribuye a José Navarro, corresponde sin embargo a la reutilización de las planchas en la biografía que Manuel Trincheira dedicó al santo, Pasmosa vida, heroycas virtudes..., 1773, raspadas tanto las inscripciones como las firmas con los nombres de los grabadores.
- 6.Angulo Íñiguez y Pérez Sánchez, p. 208.
- 7.Angulo Íñiguez y Pérez Sánchez, pp. 203-204 y 206-207.
- 8.Angulo Íñiguez y Pérez Sánchez, pp. 203 y 208.
- 9.Angulo Íñiguez y Pérez Sánchez, p. 205.
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