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Description: | This work is a poor partial copy of The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities (The Pedroso Murillo) by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (1617-1682), at present in the National Gallery, London (293 x 170 cm, oil on canvas). The original represents the Gospel episode of the Child Jesus, Mary and Joseph returning from the Temple: the three figures form the Earthly Trinity. Above the figure of Jesus the dove -the Holy Spirit- and God the Father are shown forming the Heavenly Trinity. It is a rarely represented theme which occurs mainly in 17th century Spain and the Netherlands. The Paisley painting however lacks part of the depiction, namely God the father; instead there are only some of the putti and a dark painted arch. The extremely thick and yellowed varnish make an accurate judgment of both the quality and dating of the work difficult, but presumably this is a 19th century copy. | Subjects: | religion (Trinity); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8513... | Go to resource |
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