The Infant St John in the Wilderness
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82)
oil on canvas
144 x 108cm
The Infant St John in the Wilderness
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82)
oil on canvas
144 x 108cm
The attribution has never been questioned. The 'San Juanito' themewas a favourite with Murillo, comparable to that of the InfantChrist as the Good Shepherd with which it is sometimes paired.Luke I. 80 is the scriptural authority for setting the child with hislamb in a mountainous terrain, watched over by cloudborne cherubimbut otherwise not visibly protected; and this composition resemblesin reverse the Prado Good Shepherd. In style the Boughtonpicture is close to Murillo's work c. 1670.
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