ID 1126228
Lot 44 | STUDIO OF BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO (SEVILLE 1617-1682)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
The Infant Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb
oil on canvas
45 ½ x 33 in. (115.5 x 83.9 cm.)
Provenance
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis de Salamanca (1811-1883); sale, Paris, 3-6 June 1867, lot 18, where described as 'from the Royal Palace at Madrid', where acquired for 30,500 FF by the following,
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885), and by descent in the family.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1927, lot 76, as 'B.E. Murillo', (850 gns. to Kleinberger).
Anonymous sale [Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2007, lot 310, as 'Circle Of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo' ($150,000), where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Illustrated London News, 1 January 1870, illustrated.
C.B. Curtis, Velázquez and Murillo: A description and historical catalogue of the works, London, 1883, p. 246, no. 324.
D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo, Madrid, 1981, II, pp. 270-1, listed under no. 335.
Exhibited
Leeds, National Exhibition of Works of Art, 1868, no. 2936, lent by The Earl of Dudley, as Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
London, Burlington House, The Royal Academy Exhibition, 1871, no. 402, as after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, lent by The Earl of Dudley.
| Artist: | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Spain |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Spain |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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