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Description: | In 1661 Pope Alexander VII issued a constitution declaring the immunity of Mary from original sin. This news was received in Seville with joy and intensified the demand of images of the Virgin, such as Murillo's Immaculate Conception in the cathedral of the Seville. The painting is probably a copy rather than a sketch for the head of the Virgin in Murillo's Immaculate Conception that is now preserved at the Museum of Seville (C. 21). This copy, showing the head well over life-size, might have been painted in the artist's studio for private devotion. | Subjects: | figure; religion (Virgin) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) Æ Attributed to after Previously attributed to Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8764... | Go to resource |
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