Bartolomé ROMAN (Montoro, 1596 - (?), 1647) The soul protected by its guardian angel Oil on canvas Signed 'Be, Roman Fe (...)' lower right Collection inventory number 56 lower right (Restorations) Tobiolo guided by the archangel Gabriel, oil on canvas, signed, by B. Roman 49.60 x 39.37 in. 126 x 100 cm Provenance: Galerie Pierre Gaubert, Paris ; Acquired from the latter by the current owner Bibliography: Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Pintura madrileña del segundo tercio del siglo XVII, Madrid, 1983, pp. 320-322, no. 329 repr. Our composition can be compared with the angels painted by Bartolomé Roman in two surviving series: one in the Descalzas Reales monastery in Madrid and the other in the cycle of seven archangels in the Jesuit church of San Pedro de Lima. The devotion to guardian angels flourished in 17th-century Spain, in the context of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Our painter's style is very much Baroque, although it does contain some traces of Mannerism, probably influenced by his master Vicente Carducho (1576-1638). A copy of our painting recently went on sale1. 1 - Anonymous sale; Madrid, Subastas Segre, 17 December 2024, no. 24 Bartolomé ROMAN (Montoro, 1596 - (?), 1647) 126 x 100 cm Our composition can be compared with the angels painted by Bartolomé Roman in two series that have come down to us: one in the Descalzas Reales monastery in Madrid and the other in the cycle of the seven archangels in the Jesuit church of San Pedro de Lima. The devotion to guardian angels flourished in 17th-century Spain, in the context of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Our painter's style is very much Baroque, although it does contain some traces of Mannerism, probably influenced by his master Vicente Carducho (1576-1638). A copy of our painting recently went on sale1. 1 - Anonymous sale; Madrid, Subastas Segre, 17 December 2024, no. 24