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BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (1617–1682)

Madonna and Child

Year ca. 1658-1659
Medium Pen, brown ink, and brown wash, with touches of washed red chalk, on laid paper
Dimensions 26.5 x 18.7 cm 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
Signed and dated Inscribed upper right, in pen and ink, with unidentified text or numerals, probably an old collector’s inscription. Watermark: a crowned shield (ducal coronet), containing three lobed flowers, and the letters DA below (17th century).

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Provenance

Possibly William Mayor (d. 1874), London;
possibly his, sale, Paris, 6 March 1843, lot 57;
possibly Favet, Paris;
Private Collection, Madrid.

Literature

Catalogue Mayor, Paris, 1843, p. 8, no. 57 (as “Murillo. Vierge assise tenant l’enfant Jésus. A la plume et lavé. Al margen, 3”);
A. Soullié, 1913, vol. I, unpaginated (recording the Mayor sale, 6 March 1843, lot 57, as “Murillo. Viérge assise tenant l’Enfant Jesus. Dessin à la plume et lavé. Al margen, 3”, noting Favet).

P. Hereza Lebrón, Corpus Murillo. Pinturas y dibujos. Mariología, Sevilla 2019, pp. 126–127, no. M-20.2, reproduced, p. 126.

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