# St James the Great in the Battle of Clavijo [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARREÑO DE MIRANDA, Juan]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 231 x 168 cm ## Commentary The painting represents the popular saint of Spain arisen from his grave to help the Spanish army against the Moors in the battle of Clavijo. In the painting the prancing white steed forces its way through fallen and dying unbelievers while in the background fleeing Moors can be just barely made out. The painting, which paraphrases Rubens's St George \(Prado, Madrid\), is signed on the thong on the chest of the horse. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 12 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/biber\_battle.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: The Battle, suite</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Charles II as Grandmaster of the Golden Fleece]() - [Duke of Pastrana]() - [Eugenia Martinez Valleji, called La Monstrua]() - [King Charles II of Spain]() - [La Monstrua Desnuda \(Eugenia Martinez Vallejo Unclothed\)]() - [Mass of St John of Matha]() - [Mass of St John of Matha]() - [Portrait of Charles II \(detail\)]() - [Portrait of Charles II]() - [Portrait of Don Juan José de Austria \(?\)]() - [Portrait of Queen Mariana de Austria]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()