Lot Essay
A 19th century inscription on a label on the stretcher reads 'A Sleeping Boy, a most capital picture of Murillio, as fine as any picture can be'.
A variant of the painting of c.1660-70 at Luton Hoo (Angulo Iñiguez, op. cit., II, pp.192-3, no.208, and III, pl.323)
A variant of the painting of c.1660-70 at Luton Hoo (Angulo Iñiguez, op. cit., II, pp.192-3, no.208, and III, pl.323)