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This is one of four large canvases devoted to the life of Saint John the Baptist that Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted for the convent of San Leandro in his native Seville, Spain. Inscriptions from the gospels of John and Luke float in the sky, accompanied by the eagle and winged bull that, respectively, symbolize these evangelists. John the Baptist’s gesture toward Jesus alludes to the Baptist’s role in preparing the way for Christ. When he painted this series, Murillo was transitioning away from the hard edges and dramatic shading inspired by Francisco de Zurbarán toward softer, more vaporous effects.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 184 × 270 Cm |
| Tags | JesusSaint John the Baptistreligionreligiousreligious figuresChristian subjectsChristianityeaglestreespathslandscapeskycloudswaterriverstaffspurple (color)red (color)cows |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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“Sale of the Spanish Collection of the Late King Louis-Philippe,” The Illustrated London News, 21 May 1853, pp. 399-400.
“Sale of the Spanish Collection of the Late King Louis-Philippe,” The Illustrated London News, 21 May 1853, pp. 399-400.
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Louis-Philippe, Paris and London, by 1838 (d....
Louis-Philippe, Paris and London, by 1838 (d. 1850) [according to Notice des tableaux..., 1838]
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Ellen E. Minor, Murillo
Ellen E. Minor, Murillo (London, 1882), p. 85, no. 74.
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Thomas Townend (d....
Thomas Townend (d. 1865) of Manchester and later Brighton, presumably by descent to his daughter Elizabeth Shepherd Townend Hall (d. Feb. 1883), Syndale, Kent by 1865 until 1883
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Frank Hall Standish, Seville and its Vicinity
Frank Hall Standish, Seville and its Vicinity (London, 1840), pp. 283-84.
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George Redford, Art Sales. A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art, vol. 1.
George Redford, Art Sales. A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art, vol. 1. (London, 1888) p. 268.
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by descent to Blanche Mary Townend Hall Bullen (d....
by descent to Blanche Mary Townend Hall Bullen (d. 1886)
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“Price Sale List of the Spanish Collection of the Late King Louis Philippe at Christie’s,” London Times, 10 May 1853, p. 7, col. c.
“Price Sale List of the Spanish Collection of the Late King Louis Philippe at Christie’s,” London Times, 10 May 1853, p. 7, col. c.
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since the painting was later in the collection of Thomas Townend, Manchester, both may be correct
since the painting was later in the collection of Thomas Townend, Manchester, both may be correct
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L. Alfonso, Murillo: El hombre. El artista. Las obras
L. Alfonso, Murillo: El hombre. El artista. Las obras (Barcelona, 1883), p. 152.
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offered for sale as from the estate of Thomas Townend, Brighton, Christie’s, London, 14 July 1883, no....
offered for sale as from the estate of Thomas Townend, Brighton, Christie’s, London, 14 July 1883, no. 73, bought in at 110 guineas [73 written in chalk and a stencilled 130S, both on the back of the painting, confirm that it was in this sale
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William Stirling[-Maxwell], Annals of the Artists of Spain
William Stirling[-Maxwell], Annals of the Artists of Spain (London, 1848), vol. 1, p. 65, vol. 3, p. 1429; 2nd ed., London, 1891, vol. 1, pp. 73-74, vol. 4, p. 1619.
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W. Roberts. Memorials of Christie’s: A Record of Art Sales from 1766 to 1896, vol. 1.
W. Roberts. Memorials of Christie’s: A Record of Art Sales from 1766 to 1896, vol. 1. (London, 1897). p. 164.
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Don Francisco M. Tubino. Murillo, su época, su vida, sus cuadros.
Don Francisco M. Tubino. Murillo, su época, su vida, sus cuadros. (Seville, 1864), p. 184.
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there is no evidence that it was ever in the collection of the duc de Montpensier as reported by Tubino 1864 and Roberts 1897]
there is no evidence that it was ever in the collection of the duc de Montpensier as reported by Tubino 1864 and Roberts 1897]
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Notice des tableaux de la Galerie Espagnole, exposés dans les salles du Musée Royal au Louvre
Notice des tableaux de la Galerie Espagnole, exposés dans les salles du Musée Royal au Louvre (Paris, 1838), p. 44, no. 158.
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Charles B. Curtis, Velazquez and Murillo
Charles B. Curtis, Velazquez and Murillo (London and New York, 1883), pp. 189-190, no. 177.
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annotated catalog says £115....
annotated catalog says £115.10 to Purvis]
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Ignacio Cano Rivero, “The Collection and Dispersal of Murillo’s works in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries” in Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship, exhib. cat., Museo Nacional de Prado, Madrid, 2012, p. 93 n. 55.
Ignacio Cano Rivero, “The Collection and Dispersal of Murillo’s works in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries” in Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship, exhib. cat., Museo Nacional de Prado, Madrid, 2012, p. 93 n. 55.
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Enrique Valdivieso, Murillo. Catálogo razonado de pinturas
Enrique Valdivieso, Murillo. Catálogo razonado de pinturas (Madrid, 2010), p. 317, no. 77, ill.
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Sotheby’s, New York, January 27, 2006, p. 140, under no. 299, ill.
Sotheby’s, New York, January 27, 2006, p. 140, under no. 299, ill.
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on her death to her husband Major John Bullen Symes Bullen, whom she had married on 26 June 1884 [this geneology clarified in a letter of 24 June 2002 from Arthur Percival, the Faversham Society, to Tiffany Johnston in curatorial file]
on her death to her husband Major John Bullen Symes Bullen, whom she had married on 26 June 1884 [this geneology clarified in a letter of 24 June 2002 from Arthur Percival, the Faversham Society, to Tiffany Johnston in curatorial file]
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Claire Berry, “Looking at Murillo’s Technique” in Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Claire Berry, “Looking at Murillo’s Technique” in Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682): Paintings from American Collections, exhib. cat., Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2002, pp. 76-85, figs. 74-77.
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conversation of 8 May 2002 with Tiffany Johnston]....
conversation of 8 May 2002 with Tiffany Johnston]. Appleby Brothers, London, by June 1954 [according to Burlington Magazine 1954]
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Forth Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682): Paintings from American Collections, 10 March – 16 June 2002; traveled to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 14 July – 6 October 2002, no. 6.
Forth Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682): Paintings from American Collections, 10 March – 16 June 2002; traveled to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 14 July – 6 October 2002, no. 6.
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see email from Lynda McLeod, Christie’s, 26 Feb....
see email from Lynda McLeod, Christie’s, 26 Feb. 2002
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Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt, “Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt, “Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682)” in Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682): Paintings from American Collections, exhib. cat., Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2002, p. 20.
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his heirs, sold Christie’s, London, 6-21 May 1853, no....
his heirs, sold Christie’s, London, 6-21 May 1853, no. 74, for £660 [there is some confusion about the buyer at the Louis-Philippe sale: though the Illustrated London News, 21 May 1853, p. 400 states that it was bought by Farrer for a client in Manchester, the copy of the auctioneer’s book in Christie’s archives appears to be marked to Steward, Stewand or Towend, copy and letter of Estelle Gittens dated 20 December 2000 in curatorial file
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Burlington Magazine 96, 615
Burlington Magazine 96, 615 (1954) p. ix, ill.
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sold by Appleby Brothers to Agnew’s, London, 19 July 1954 [according to letter of 3 September 1998 from Christopher Kingzett in curatorial file]
sold by Appleby Brothers to Agnew’s, London, 19 July 1954 [according to letter of 3 September 1998 from Christopher Kingzett in curatorial file]
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Painted for the refectory of the Augustinian convent of San Leandro, Seville, together with three other paintings of the life of St....
Painted for the refectory of the Augustinian convent of San Leandro, Seville, together with three other paintings of the life of St. John the Baptist and a one of Saint Augustine washing Christ’s feet [see correspondence of Francisco de Bruna and the Conde del Aguila, about 1781 published by Carriazo 1929, p. 180]
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J[uan] de Mata Carriazo, “Correspondencia de don Antonio Ponz con el Conde del Aguila,” Archivo español de Arte y Arqueologia 5
J[uan] de Mata Carriazo, “Correspondencia de don Antonio Ponz con el Conde del Aguila,” Archivo español de Arte y Arqueologia 5 (1929), p. 180.
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Algernon Graves, Art Sales From Early in the Eighteenth Century to Early in the Twentieth Century, vol. 2
Algernon Graves, Art Sales From Early in the Eighteenth Century to Early in the Twentieth Century, vol. 2 (London, 1921), pp. 267-8.
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Albert F. Calvert, Murillo: A Biography and Appreciation
Albert F. Calvert, Murillo: A Biography and Appreciation (London and New York, 1907), pp. 13, 164.
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Masterworks of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, With a History of the Collection
Masterworks of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, With a History of the Collection (New York, 1986), p. 372, ill.
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Claudie Ressort, Murillo dans les musées français, exhib. cat., Musee du Louvre
Claudie Ressort, Murillo dans les musées français, exhib. cat., Musee du Louvre (Les dossiers du département des peintures, 28), Paris, 1983, pp. 61-62, fig. 121.
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Nina A. Mallory, review of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Nina A. Mallory, review of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) in Madrid and London and Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo in Art Journal 43 (1983), p. 274.
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exhibition
Madrid, Museo del Prado, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), 8 October - 12 December 1982; traveled to London, Royal Academy of Arts, 15 January - 27 March 1983, no. 22.
Madrid, Museo del Prado, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), 8 October - 12 December 1982; traveled to London, Royal Academy of Arts, 15 January - 27 March 1983, no. 22.
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Diego Angulo Iñiguez. Murillo
Diego Angulo Iñiguez. Murillo (Madrid, 1981), vol. 2, pp. 19-24, 231-32, no. 14, vol. 3, pls. 110-111.
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his brother, Aniceto Bravo, sold together with an unknown Murillo and three other paintings to Luis Bouisson for M....
his brother, Aniceto Bravo, sold together with an unknown Murillo and three other paintings to Luis Bouisson for M. Dauzat, probably on behalf of Baron Taylor for the collection of King Louis-Philippe of France, by September 1837 [see Angulo Íñiguez 1981, p. 21 and Baticle and Marinas 1981]
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Jeannine Baticle and Cristina Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848
Jeannine Baticle and Cristina Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848 (Paris, 1981), p. 118, no. 162, ill.
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sold by the convent to Antonio Bravo, Seville, 23 June 1812 [manuscript catalogue, Bravo Collection, University of Seville, according to Baticle and Marinas 1981]
sold by the convent to Antonio Bravo, Seville, 23 June 1812 [manuscript catalogue, Bravo Collection, University of Seville, according to Baticle and Marinas 1981]
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John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America (New York, 1979), pp. 201-202.
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Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño. L’opera completa di Murillo
Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño. L’opera completa di Murillo (Milan, 1978), [p. 89], no. 41, ill.
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Robert Oertel, “Die ‘Taufe Christi’ von Murillo,” Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz 6
Robert Oertel, “Die ‘Taufe Christi’ von Murillo,” Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz 6 (1968). pp. 215-217
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H. Gerson, J.W. Goodison, and Denys Sutton, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Catalogue of Paintings, vol. 1
H. Gerson, J.W. Goodison, and Denys Sutton, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Catalogue of Paintings, vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1960), pp. 214-15, under no. 334.
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by descent to Lt....
by descent to Lt.-Colonel John Fitzherbert Symes Bullen of Catherston-Leweston, Dorset [according to Soria 1960 and Bullen’s daughter, Jennie Loriston-Clarke, who remembered seeing it in the hall of her father's home
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Martin Soria, “Murillo’s Christ and St. John the Baptist,” The Art Institute Quarterly, 54, 2
Martin Soria, “Murillo’s Christ and St. John the Baptist,” The Art Institute Quarterly, 54, 2 (1960), pp. 12-14, ill.
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sold to Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.
sold to Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.
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George Haley, “Some Aspects of Religious Life in 17th Century Seville,” The Art Institute Quarterly, 54, 2
George Haley, “Some Aspects of Religious Life in 17th Century Seville,” The Art Institute Quarterly, 54, 2 (1960), p. 16.
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