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Saint Raphael the Archangel
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Saint Raphael the Archangel
ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA
Córdoba 1616 - 1668
Saint Raphael the Archangel
Oil on canvas
Size 160 x 105 cm
Provenance:
Collection especially Cordoba.
It is an unpublished and characteristic work in the pictorial production of Antonio del Castillo that can be related to the version preserved in the City Council of Córdoba with which it maintains a great compositional similarity.
However, here the Custodian of Córdoba is represented as a pilgrim - he wears a short cape or cape and carries a cane in his right hand - which recalls the biblical passage described in the Book of Elijah.
One of the two cartouches that appear at the feet of the Archangel recalls the Oath to Father Roelas that took place on May 7, 1596: "I swear to you by Jesus Christ Crucified that I am Rafael, an angel whom God has placed as guardian of this town".
Bibliography:
Navarrete Prieto, Benito and Nancarrow, Mindy; Antonio del Castillo. Life and work, Foundation to Support the History of Hispanic Art, Madrid, 2004.
