Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)
1638
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
Francisco de Zurbarán excelled at painting altarpieces that presented saints in an accessible manner. Catholic reformers, who aimed to revitalize Catholicism in the face of the Protestant Reformation, emphasized that religious painting should feature easily recognizable figures and narratives in order to reach contemporary audiences.
This canvas, made for the high altar of the church of San Román in Seville, Spain, aligns with the church’s dedication to Saint Romanus of Antioch. Romanus towers over Saint Barulas, a seven-year-old child who was inspired to martyrdom by the elder saint’s words. Romanus holds up his own tongue, torn out by his tormentors, and grasps a massive book inscribed with a prayer invoking his intercession on behalf of the faithful.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 246.5 × 185.4 cm (97 1/16 × 73 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 4 exhibitions
Provenance
- Church of San Roman, Seville, until at least 1800; removed by government decree and deposited in the Alcazar, Seville, 1810; taken by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769-1851), 1st Duke of Dalmatia, Paris, by 1812; sale of his estate, Galerie Lebrun, Paris, May 19-22, 1852, lot, presumably bought in; by descent to his son, Napoleon-Hector Soult (1802-1857), 2nd Duke of Dalmatia, Paris; by descent; sold, collection of Marshal Soult, Hotel Drouot, Paris, April 17, 1867, lot, for 5,330 francs.
- Sergei Ivanovich Stchoukine, Paris and Moscow, until 1910.
- Joachim Caravallo, Château de Villandry, France, from 1910 to 1914.
- Grafton Galleries, London, from 1914 to 1918.
- Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago and Miami, by 1918; by descent to his daughters, Mrs. Chauncey McCormick (née Marion Deering) and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson (née Barbara Deering); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Exhibitions
- London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Spanish Old Masters in support of National Gallery funds and for the benefit of the Sociedad de Amigos def Arte Espanola, October 1913-January 1914.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June I-November 1, 1933.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June I-November 1, 1934.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month, October 1948.
