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A Virgem e o Menino

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo Spanish

ca. 1670–72

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 624

Esta pintura, uma das melhores do artista, fez parte da coleção do Marquês de Santiago que possuía várias obras-primas de Murillo. Em 1728, ela foi inventariada como “Nossa Senhora do leite e o menino”. Realmente, a atenção da criança foi momentaneamente desviada da amamentação pela presença de um observador. A popularidade das pinturas de Murillo mostrando a Virgem e o Menino surge da sua capacidade de reviver um tema secular com familiaridade e doçura. A pintura data dos primeiros anos de 1670 quando Murillo era o pintor mais famoso da Espanha.

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. Titian, "Madonna and Child in an Evening Landscape," ca. 1560 (Alte Pinkothek, Munich; inv. no. 464)

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Fig. 2. Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, "Study of Madonna Nursing the Christ Child," ca. 1670, chalk, pen, and ink on paper (Cleveland Museum of Art; 1968.66)

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Fig. 3. Cristóbal de Villalpando, "The Church Militant and Triumphant," 1684–86 (Catedral Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico)

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Fig. 4. Painting in frame: overall

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Fig. 5. Painting in frame: corner

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Fig. 6. Painting in frame: angled corner

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Fig. 7. Profile drawing of frame. W 4 1/4 in. 10.7 cm (T. Newbery)

Título: A Virgem e o Menino

Artista: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, espanhol, 1617–1682

Data: ca. 1670–72

Meio: Óleo sobre tela

Dimensões: 165,7 x 109,2 cm

Linha de créditos: Fundo Rogers, 1943

Número de acesso: 43.13

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