THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Bernhard Keil, called Monsù Bernardo (1624-1687)
Details
Bernhard Keil, called Monsù Bernardo (1624-1687)
A Traveller offering a Bowl of Food to a Spaniel, with Peasants eating and drinking
42 7/8 x 56½in. (109 x 143.5cm.)
A Traveller offering a Bowl of Food to a Spaniel, with Peasants eating and drinking
42 7/8 x 56½in. (109 x 143.5cm.)
Provenance
The Marquess of Exeter, Burghley House, as Murillo
Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, Bt., Smeaton-Hepburn, East Lothian; (+) Christie's, 23 Feb. 1934, lot 133, as G. B. Castiglione (32gns. to Bruyn)
Dr. F. Rothman; Christie's, 3 July 1936, lot 116, as G. B. Castiglione (19gns. to Bellesi)
Professor Giuliano Briganti, Rome, circa 1938
Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, Bt., Smeaton-Hepburn, East Lothian; (+) Christie's, 23 Feb. 1934, lot 133, as G. B. Castiglione (32gns. to Bruyn)
Dr. F. Rothman; Christie's, 3 July 1936, lot 116, as G. B. Castiglione (19gns. to Bellesi)
Professor Giuliano Briganti, Rome, circa 1938
Literature
W. Stirling, Annals of the Artists of Spain, London, 1848, III, p. 1441, no. 365
C. B. Curtis, Velázquez and Murillo, London and New York, 1883, p. 292, no. 456a
R. Longhi, Monsù Bernardo, La Critica d'Arte, 1938, p. 126, fig. 17
D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo, Madrid, 1981, II, p. 554, no. 2.649, where related to Keil
M. Heimbürger, Bernardo Keilhau detto Monsù Bernardo, Rome, 1988, p. 220, no. 134, illustrated (with incorrect measurements)
C. B. Curtis, Velázquez and Murillo, London and New York, 1883, p. 292, no. 456a
R. Longhi, Monsù Bernardo, La Critica d'Arte, 1938, p. 126, fig. 17
D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo, Madrid, 1981, II, p. 554, no. 2.649, where related to Keil
M. Heimbürger, Bernardo Keilhau detto Monsù Bernardo, Rome, 1988, p. 220, no. 134, illustrated (with incorrect measurements)