Escena de la vida de San Diego (San Diego y un fraile sacando pollos de un cesto)

Although painted during the late Baroque, the work incorporates elements that anticipate Rococo’s lighter touch, evident in the delicate handling of the basket and the nuanced rendering of fabric folds. Despite his physical limitation, the artist employed his forearm stump to manipulate brushes, achieving a refined chiaroscuro that deepens the painting’s somber atmosphere.

Juan García de Miranda, a Madrid‑born painter of Asturian descent, completed the piece for a private devotional patron. Over time it entered the national collection and is presently displayed at the Prado Museum in Madrid, where it remains a documented example of early 18th‑century Spanish religious art.

The canvas belongs to a period when Spanish art was transitioning from the dramatic intensity of the Baroque toward the more decorative Rococo. García de Miranda’s oeuvre, largely composed of private devotional works, reflects this shift while retaining the solemnity characteristic of Spanish religious painting in the early 1700s.