Object Image

Saint Bonaventura's Body Lying in State

Displaying the Body of Saint Bonaventure (French - Exposition du corps de saint Bonaventure) is a 1629 painting by Francisco de Zurbarán, now in the Louvre. Around the body of saint Bonaventure are figures including James I of Aragon and Pope Gregory X, shown in conversation. It formed part of a series of paintings on the saint's life - the other works are Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon (Louvre), Saint Bonaventure and the Angel (Dresden) and Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas before a Crucifix (Berlin).

Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre

1629
2.45 x 2.2m
MI205
Images and text courtesy of Wikipedia, 2018

Where you'll find this

Louvre
Louvre
Permanent collection