Literature

J. Brown, 'Murillo en sus dibujos', Ars, 31, July-September, 2016, pp. 139, ill.

Provenance

(Probably) the sacristy of the Cartuja, Granada
(probably) José Maria de Rojas y Galiano (1850-1958), Knight of the Order of Alcantara, 8th Marquis of Bosch de Arés, 5th Count of Torrellano, 5th Count of Casa Rojas, and by descent until 2015
private collection, Europe, where acquired by the present owner
Sale Christie's, New York, 27 April 2017, nr. 45

Other works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Dream of the Patrician
1662-65

The Assumption of the Virgin
1670s

Saint John the Baptist as a Boy

The Holy Family
c. 1670

Birth of the Virgin