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Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Auction Lot 100 (35327190)
Circle of BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - Cadiz, 1682).
"The angel freeing St. Peter".
Oil on canvas.
It has a frame of the nineteenth century.
Measurements: 28 x 32.5 cm; 36 x 41 cm (frame).

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Estimated Value : 1,200 - 1,400 €
Live auction: 25 Nov 2024 16:30
Live auction: 25 Nov 2024 16:30
Remaining time: 24 days 15:07:44
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Circle of BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - Cadiz, 1682).
"The angel freeing St. Peter".
Oil on canvas.
It has a frame of the nineteenth century.
Measurements: 28 x 32.5 cm; 36 x 41 cm (frame).
This work follows the models of the painting "San Pedro liberated by the angel", painted by Murillo. The piece of the Sevillian master is part of the collection of the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg and although the theme is the same, the arrangement of the characters and the composition varies. In this particular case the author places the protagonists in the foreground, both standing and surrounded by a background in which the cell is barely outlined.
Little is known about Murillo's childhood and youth, except that he lost his father in 1627 and his mother in 1628, which is why he was taken under the tutelage of his brother-in-law. Around 1635 he must have begun his apprenticeship as a painter, very possibly with Juan del Castillo, who was married to a cousin of his. This working and artistic relationship would last about six years, as was customary at the time. After his marriage, in 1645, he began what was to be a brilliant career that progressively made him the most famous and sought-after painter in Seville. The only recorded trip he made is documented in 1658, the year in which Murillo was in Madrid for several months. It may be thought that at the court he maintained contact with the painters who resided there, such as Velázquez, Zurbarán and Cano, and that he had access to the collection of paintings in the Royal Palace, a magnificent subject of study for all those artists who passed through the court. Despite the few documentary references regarding his mature years, we know that he enjoyed a comfortable life, which allowed him to maintain a high standard of living and several apprentices. Having become the first painter of the city, surpassing in fame even Zurbarán, moved his will to raise the artistic level of local painting. For this reason, in 1660 he decided, together with Francisco Herrera el Mozo, to found an academy of painting, of which he was the main promoter. His fame spread to such an extent, throughout the national territory, that Palomino indicates that around 1670 King Charles II offered him the possibility of moving to Madrid to work there as a court painter. We do not know if this reference is true, but the fact is that Murillo remained in Seville until the end of his life. His works are currently preserved in the most important art galleries in the world, such as the Prado Museum, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan in New York or the National Gallery in London, among many others.

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