The Sleeping Christ Child

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Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618-1682)
The Sleeping Christ Child
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 33 in. (62.5 x 83.8 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The prime version of this composition is believed to be the picture formerly in the Wernher collection at Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire (D. Angulo Iñiguez, Murillo, Madrid, 1981, II, pp. 192-3, no. 208; III, pl. 323).

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