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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

canvas: 40 5/8 by 30 1/4 in.; 103.2 by 76.8 cm.

Description:

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Condition:

framed: 47 by 37 in.; 119.4 by 94 cm. To request a condition report, please contact Alison MacQueen (Alison.MacQueen@Sothebys.com)

Literature:

S. Dodd, An Historical and Topographical Account of the Town of Woburn, Its Abbey, and Vicinity, Woburn 1818, p. 48; W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, London 1824, vol. I, pp. 240 and 294; J.D. Parry, A Guide to Woburn Abbey, Woburn 1831, p. 23; P.F. Robinson, History of Woburn Abbey, London 1833, p. 17; G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854, vol. II, p. 283; G. Scharf, A descriptive and historical catalogue of the collection of pictures at Woburn Abbey: Catalogue of pictures, miniatures and enamels of His Grace The Duke of Bedford, London 1875, pp. 38-39, cat. no. 45; E.E. Minor, Murillo, New York 1882, p. 76; C.B. Curtis, Velazquez and Murillo, New York and London 1883, p. 157, no. 105; A.L. Mayer, Murillo, Berlin 1913, reproduced p. 50; A.L. Mayer, Murillo, Stuttgart 1923, p. 53, reproduced; J.A. Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España, Madrid 1958, p. 245, cat. no. 1898; E. Young, The Connoisseur, vol. 193, 1976, p. 184, reproduced fig. 7; J.A. Gaya Nuño, La obra pictórica completa de Murillo, Milan 1978, p. 103, cat. no. 196, reproduced; D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo: su vida, su arte, su obra, Madrid 1981, vol. II, pp. 155-157, cat. no. 158, reproduced vol. III, plate 133; E. Valdivisieo, Murillo. Sombras de la tierra. Luces del cielo, Madrid 1990, pp. 75-76; G. Tinterow, Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting, New York 2003, pp. 8-10, note 24; E. Valdivieso, Murillo, Catálogo razonado de pinturas, Madrid 2010, p. 332, cat. no 100, reproduced; E. Valdivieso, La Escuela de Murillo, Seville 2018, pp. 139-140, reproduced.

Provenance:

Charles-Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802), Paris; His sale, London, Skinner and Dyke, 23-25 March 1795, lot 80, for 205 guineas; There acquired by Michael Bryan, London; By whom privately sold, Pall Mall, 1798; From whom acquired by Henry Hope (1735-1811), London, May 1798; His deceased sale, London, Christie's, 29 June 1816, lot 84, to Norton for £320.5; The Dukes of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, by 1818; Thence by descent in the family; Their sale, London, Christie's, 19 January 1951, for £1,600; With B. Hallsborough Ltd., London, 1952; Mrs. N. Q. Morris, London, 1967; Norton Simon Foundation, Los Angeles; By whom anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 16 April 1980, lot 91; Private collection, Geneva; With Derek Johns; From whom acquired by the present collector, March 2000.