Saint Dominic of Guzman
XVII century.Not on display
The saint appears kneeling on steps. His right hand seems to adopt the gesture of holding the Rosary offered by the Virgin, whose outline is merely sketched on the left side of the composition. In front of the figure of the saint, three cherubim play with the black and white dog that symbolises the Dominican Order with the orb and the torch.
It appears to be a preparatory study for a large format composition in which the figure of the saint appears kneeling at the feet of the Virgin. The light lines in the upper left register confirm this hypothesis, as does the pose of the saint, who lifts his gaze in that direction, and the gesture of his hand.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol.I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, 1972, p.121
