Skip to main content

The Vision of Fray Lauterio: 100

An image of Painting
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Painting
An image of Painting
Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Vision of Fray Lauterio

Maker(s)

Painter: Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: In the Dominican monastery of La Regina Angelorum, Seville; on its suppression obtained by Canon Francesco Pereyra, who still possessed it in 1833; bought at his sale by Don Joachim Reynoso, from whom it was bought in Seville by William George Clark, Vice-Master of Trinity College, 1849; bequeathed to Joseph Prior, 1878

Measurements and weight

Height: 217.8 cm
Width: 172.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Prior, Joseph

Dating

17th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1640

School or Style

Spanish

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: CREDE HVIC; QVIA EIVS DOCTRINA NON DEFICIET IN ÆTERNVM
  • Location: From the mouth of St. Francis
  • Text: SVMMA D. THOMÆ
  • Location: On the edge of the book held by Fray Lauterio
  • Text: El Rmo, Pe, Fr, Juan de Jesus-M [Maria] Gen, delos PPs, Carmelitas Descalzos, en Ytalia; en el Tomo de Viuir / Spiritualmente, Libro 5, Cap, 8, Folio 273, refiere: / Que Fr, Lauterio Religioso de S,Franco, estando es- / tudianto hallo en cierta Question de Theologia / muy grande dificultad, dela qual no hallave reolucio, / in declaracion. y desdenandose de consultar, y mirar / sobre ella las Partes dela Suma de Theologia dt / Angelico Doctor Sto, Thomas; se puso en Oracion, / y Suplico â Dios, y â su Pe, S,Franco, le diese noticia y / Ynteligencia desu dificultad. Al dicho Religioso Fraciscano / le apareciero la Reyna delos Angeles Na, Sa,S, Franco, / y Sto, Thomas, [Como estan presentes] y dixo S,Franco, / â su Religioso, senalando â Sto, Thomas, estas Palabras: / CREDE HVIC; QVIA EIVS DOCTRINA / NON DEFICIET IN ÆTERNVM. / Queren decir: Cree â este, porque su Doctrina no / faltara eternamente. Abrio luego una delas partes / de Sto, Thomas, y lo primiero que hallo sue, La reso- / lucion desu dificultad con claridad, y distincion / Dio gracias âl Sor, por ello, y sue siempre muy devo- / to de Sto; Thomas, y desu Doctrina; y el Religioso / predico el Milagro Publicamente
  • Location: Lower right

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 100
Primary reference Number: 3047

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "The Vision of Fray Lauterio" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/3047 Accessed: 2025-12-05 05:13:17

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/3047 |title=The Vision of Fray Lauterio |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 05:13:17|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-3047

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp2/100.jpg"
        alt="The Vision of Fray Lauterio"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Vision of Fray Lauterio</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo