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The Infant Christ Asleep
The Infant Christ Asleep
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The Infant Christ Asleep

by Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Date: c.1700

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG206

  • Artist

    Circle of Bartolomé Estéban Murillo

  • Date

    c.1700

  • Dimensions

    62.9 x 82.9 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

This painting relates to a type of iconography popularised by such paintings as Murillo's Christ Child Resting on the Cross (Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield). Although in this image the Infant Christ appears to be comfortably installed in a bed lying on two cushions, the painting is a theatrical rendition of the theme of Christ's forthcoming death. A work entitled The Sleeping Christ Child by Alonso Cano (1601-67) at Kingston Lacy, Dorset, also relates closely to this painting.

The Infant Christ Asleep

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