Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay

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Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay

Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay and later 4th Duke of Gandia. This scene depicts Francisco de Borja's renunciation of the world after contemplating the putrefied corpse of the Empress Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539), wife of Emperor Charles I of Spain, whose body would be driven to Granada, the city where the scene took place. Isabella died in Toledo on 1st May 1539. The Conversion of the Duke of Gandia. Illustration after the painting by Moreno Carbonero. Chromolithography. Historia General de Espana (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume III. Madrid, 1890

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