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Description: | There has been difficulty in establishing an attribution for this undoubtedly Spanish work. The influence of Murillo is obvious, particularly in the treatment of the boy; with this in mind, Villavicencio, a pupil of Murillo, has been suggested. Considering the austerity of the school of painting these artists are associated with, the urinating cow brings an unusual note of humour into this composition. The little boy, with his cheeky expression, fits in more readily with a long tradition of painting in Seville - begun with Velasquez in the 1620s - which focused on the depiction of peasant children (Wright, 2002). | Subjects: | everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Núñez de Villavicencio, Pedro (Spanish painter, born 1640, died 1693-1698) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8711... | Go to resource |
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