Lot Essay
The present picture would seem to have always been regarded as the work of Herrera
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Provenance
Aniceto Bravo, Seville, from whom purchased on 1 September 1837 by Baron Isidore Taylor on behalf of
King Louis-Philippe of France; given to the Louvre but restored to the king as his private property after the revolution of 1848 and sold by his heirs, Christie's, 13 May 1853 (=3rd day), lot 203
Purchased at the sale for #11 by Graves on behalf of William Stirling, later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th. Bt. (1818-1878), and thence by descent at Keir
King Louis-Philippe of France; given to the Louvre but restored to the king as his private property after the revolution of 1848 and sold by his heirs, Christie's, 13 May 1853 (=3rd day), lot 203
Purchased at the sale for #11 by Graves on behalf of William Stirling, later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th. Bt. (1818-1878), and thence by descent at Keir
Literature
R. Ford, Sale of Louis-Philippe's Spanish Pictures, The Athenaeum, 14 May 1853
P. Mantz, Herrera le Vieux, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Aug.1859, p.167 J. S. Thacher, The painting of Francisco de Herrera el Viejo, The Art Bulletin, XIX, 1937, p.368
J. A. Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España, 1958, no.1472
A. Martínez Ripoll, Francisco de Herrera 'El Viejo', 1978, p.162, no.P84
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848, 1981, p.93, no.114
P. Mantz, Herrera le Vieux, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Aug.1859, p.167 J. S. Thacher, The painting of Francisco de Herrera el Viejo, The Art Bulletin, XIX, 1937, p.368
J. A. Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España, 1958, no.1472
A. Martínez Ripoll, Francisco de Herrera 'El Viejo', 1978, p.162, no.P84
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848, 1981, p.93, no.114
Exhibited
Paris, Louvre, Galerie Espagnole, 1838-1848 (Notice de la Galerie espagnole, 1st.ed., 1838, no.110; 4th.ed., no.114)
Manchester, Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, 1857, Paintings by Ancient Masters no.238
Manchester, Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, 1857, Paintings by Ancient Masters no.238