Signs of wear consistent with age. Fine craquelure and light abrasions throughout. The artwork has undergone previous restoration, including a repair of a split in the panel and corresponding overpainting. A cradle has also been attached to the reverse of the panel for stabilisation. Overall, the artwork is in very good condition for its age.
57 x 45cm (22.4" x 17.7")Framed Size: 66 x 53cm (26.0" x 20.9")
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish Baroque painter born in Seville in 1617, the youngest of fourteen children. Orphaned by the age of ten, he was raised by relatives and trained under the local painter Juan del Castillo before establishing his own workshop in Seville around 1645. Murillo rose to prominence following a commission for a series of paintings for the Franciscan monastery of San Francisco el Grande in Seville, which brought him widespread recognition. He went on to become one of the most celebrated painters of 17th-century Spain, alongside Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán. His work is characterised by its warmth, tenderness, and luminous use of light. He painted across two broad registers: deeply devotional religious works — particularly images of the Immaculate Conception, the Virgin and Child, and scenes from the lives of the saints — and naturalistic genre scenes depicting the everyday life of Seville's poor, including street children and beggars, rendered with unusual sympathy and dignity. In 1660, Murillo co-founded the Seville Academy of Fine Arts, serving as its first president. He enjoyed considerable patronage from the Church and Seville's religious institutions throughout his career. He died in Seville in 1682, following injuries sustained after a fall from scaffolding while working on an altarpiece in Cádiz. His reputation remained exceptionally high across Europe well into the 19th century, before critical taste shifted toward his contemporaries. Today he is recognised as a master of the Spanish Baroque.
| SKU | sx736 |
|---|---|
| Frame Colour | gold |
| Artist | Manner of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) |
| Date | 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 57.0 x 45.0cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Religious |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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