Lot #539: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO - Priest with an Urn - Black and brown chalk heightened with white

         

Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682).
Title: "Priest with an Urn".
Medium: Black and brown chalk heightened with white.
Date: Composed c1660s?.
Dimensions: Image size: 16 1/8 x 10 in. (410 x 254 mm).
Lot Note(s): Annotated "Murillo" in pencil upper left, not in the artist's hand. Thick grey laid watermarked paper. Good to very good condition; creasing inherent in the paper; minor foxing. Provenance: Private collection, Seattle, Washington. Comment(s): Murillo was a Baroque painter best known for his religious works. He also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children. [24545-3-1600]