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Case 13 (2009-10) : The Virgin and Child by Bartolome Esteban Murillo Expert Adviser’s Statement EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Brief Description of item Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Virgin & Child , early 1650s Oil on canvas, 166.5 x 110.5 cm The painting is in good condition for a work of its date and size. 2. Context Provenance : Gaspar Marqués de Remisa y Meriones (1784-1847) (as indicated by the initials: G. M. de. R. in the lower right hand corner); Queen Maria Cristina de Borbón (1806-1878); bought by Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1809-1879) in 1840-1; and by descent to Nathaniel, 1 st Lord Rothschild (1840-1915); Hon. Charles Rothschild (1877-1923); Dr the Hon. Dame Miriam Rothschild, Mrs George Lane (1908-2005); acquired by the Hawksford Trust, Jersey, Ltd., in 1984. Exhibited : London, Royal Academy, 1890, p. 46 On loan to Birmingham City Art Gallery, 1978-2002 On loan to the National Galleries of Scotland, 2002-2008 Key references : C. Justi, Murillo , Leipzig, 1890, no. 139. J. A Gaya Nuño, L’Opera completa di Murillo , Milan, 1978, p. 90, no. 47. D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo , Madrid, 1981, vol. 2, pp. 278, 147, no. 148, vol. 3, pl. 35. 3. Waverley criteria The painting meets Waverley criteria 2 owing to its outstanding aesthetic importance as one of the finest of Murillo’s versions of a subject closely associated with his fame. DETAILED CASE 1. Detailed description of item(s) if more than in Executive summary, and any comments. Murillo was one of the very greatest painters of Spain’s ‘Golden Age’.
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