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| Virgin and Child |
Artist:
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville)
Date:
ca. 1670–72
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 1/4 x 43 in. (165.7 x 109.2 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1943
Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred to as the "Santiago Madonna," this painting once belonged to the Marqués de Santiago, whose collection contained many outstanding works by the artist. The popularity of Murillo’s paintings of the Virgin and Child derives from his ability to endow a timeworn theme with a quality of intimacy and sweetness. In this picture, the infant’s attention has been momentarily diverted from nursing by the presence of the viewer.
Provenane
Francisco Estéban Rodríguez de los Ríos, 1st Marqués de Santiago, Madrid (by at least 1715–d. 1727; inv., 1728); Marquéses de Santiago (1728–1808; sold to George Augustus Wallis for Buchanan); [William Buchanan, London, 1808–09; sold for £2,500 to Berwick]; Thomas Noel, 2nd Baron Berwick, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, Salop, (1809–25; sale, Philips, London, June 7, 1825, no. 157, for £1,890 to Tennant); [Tennant, from 1825]; [Sir John Murray, in 1826; sold for £525 to Yates]; [Yates, from 1826]; [William Buchanan, London, by 1832; sold to Loyd]; Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, London (1832–83); his daughter, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Lady Wantage, Carleton Gardens, London (1883–d. 1920); her grand-nephew, David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, 10th Earl of Balcarres, Fife, Scotland (1920–d. 1940); his son, David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford, 11th Earl of Balcarres, Fife (1940–43; sold to MMA through R. Langton Douglas)
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