The Marriage of the Virgin
Artist
Esteban Márquez de Velasco
Spanish, died 1696
Datecirca 1693
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions96 x 60 in. (243.8 x 152.4 cm)
Frame: 103 3/8 x 67 3/4 in. (262.6 x 172.1 cm)
Frame: 103 3/8 x 67 3/4 in. (262.6 x 172.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.180
On View
Not on viewProvenanceClaustro de Trinitarios Descalzos, Seville, in 1780 [1]; William Hare (1801–1856), 2nd Earl Listowel, Ireland, as by Murillo, by 1854 [2]; by descent to his great-grandson, Rt. Hon. John Hare (1911–1982) [3]; 1st Viscount Blakenham, London; Sale, London, Christie’s, April 16, 1937, lot 49, as Murillo, sold for £52, sold to Leggett, London; Rt. Hon. Lord Brocket, Bramshill Park, Hants; Sale, London, Sotheby’s July 16, 1952, lot 79, as Murillo, sold to David Koetser, London; sold to NCMA, 1952.
[1] Antonio Ponz, Viage de España, en que se da noticia de las cosas mas apreciables, y dignas de saberse que hay en ella, 18 vols, Madrid, 1776-1794, vol. 9 (1780), Carta tercera, p. 105, [Seville], “46 Para ver á qué grado llegaron algunos discípulos de Murillo, conviene entrar en el claustro de Trinitarios Descalzos, en cuyos ángulos hay pinturas de Simon Gutierrez, y Esteban Marquez. Las del Christo muerto, y los Desposorios de nuestra Señora se tienen por del Mulatro. Es muy bella nuestra Señora con los Redentores á los pies. Hay diez y nueve retratos al rededor de este claustro hechos por los de la misma escuela. Algunas de estas pinturas se conoce estar [p. 106] retocades por Murillo. Tambien en el coro hay una nuestra Señora con Angeles, que tiene mérito.
[2] Gustav Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, vol. 2, p. 311, as Murillo, The Sposalizio. The painting may have been removed from the monastery during the Napoleonic Spanish campaigns when a number of paintings were taken from churches and monasteries throughout Spain and shipped to England.
[3] John Hare was the third son of the 4th Earl of Listowel.
[1] Antonio Ponz, Viage de España, en que se da noticia de las cosas mas apreciables, y dignas de saberse que hay en ella, 18 vols, Madrid, 1776-1794, vol. 9 (1780), Carta tercera, p. 105, [Seville], “46 Para ver á qué grado llegaron algunos discípulos de Murillo, conviene entrar en el claustro de Trinitarios Descalzos, en cuyos ángulos hay pinturas de Simon Gutierrez, y Esteban Marquez. Las del Christo muerto, y los Desposorios de nuestra Señora se tienen por del Mulatro. Es muy bella nuestra Señora con los Redentores á los pies. Hay diez y nueve retratos al rededor de este claustro hechos por los de la misma escuela. Algunas de estas pinturas se conoce estar [p. 106] retocades por Murillo. Tambien en el coro hay una nuestra Señora con Angeles, que tiene mérito.
[2] Gustav Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, vol. 2, p. 311, as Murillo, The Sposalizio. The painting may have been removed from the monastery during the Napoleonic Spanish campaigns when a number of paintings were taken from churches and monasteries throughout Spain and shipped to England.
[3] John Hare was the third son of the 4th Earl of Listowel.
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