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Provenance
A Franciscan Monastery in Madrid, from which purchased before 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, 6 May 1853, lot 49 (#16 to Gritten)
Charles Holden White (d. 1935), London
Giuseppe Bellesi, London, from 1935
with Tomás Harris, London, 1938
Carl W. Hamilton, New York, until 1942
George R. Hann, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, from 1942; given in
1969 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Sotheby's, New York 2 June 1989, lot 4
Charles Holden White (d. 1935), London
Giuseppe Bellesi, London, from 1935
with Tomás Harris, London, 1938
Carl W. Hamilton, New York, until 1942
George R. Hann, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, from 1942; given in
1969 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Sotheby's, New York 2 June 1989, lot 4
Literature
Moniteur Universel, 26 Feb. 1838, p. 414
A. L. Mayer, Anotaciones a cuadros de Velázquez, Zurbarán, Murillo y Goya en el Prado y en la Academia de San Fernando, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, XLIV, 1936, p. 43
P. Guinard, Zurbarán et les peintres espagnols de la vie monastique, 1960, p. 248, no. 334, illustrated, as an important work by Zurbarán of 1630-40
I. H. Lipschutz, Spanish Painting and the French Romantics, 1972, pp. 133, 196, 225, 394, note 35, and 400, note 14 T. Frati, L'opera completa di Zurbaran, 1973, no. 559, under 'altre opere attribuite' as possibly the work of the studio or a follower
J. Gallego and J. Gudiol, Zurbarán 1598-1664, 1977, p. 122, no. 552, and fig. 493, under autograph works of uncertain date
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Summary Catalogue, 1980, I, pp.198-9, and II, illustrated
p.204, as Zurbarán
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848, 1981, pp. 226-7, no. 355, illustrated, as Zurbarán and datable to 1630-40
Y. Bottineau, On the Critical Fortunes of Francisco de Zurbarán: Reflections and Inquiries, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Zurbarán, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Grand Palais, Paris and Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1987-8, English edition, p. 30, Spanish edition p. 42
A. L. Mayer, Anotaciones a cuadros de Velázquez, Zurbarán, Murillo y Goya en el Prado y en la Academia de San Fernando, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, XLIV, 1936, p. 43
P. Guinard, Zurbarán et les peintres espagnols de la vie monastique, 1960, p. 248, no. 334, illustrated, as an important work by Zurbarán of 1630-40
I. H. Lipschutz, Spanish Painting and the French Romantics, 1972, pp. 133, 196, 225, 394, note 35, and 400, note 14 T. Frati, L'opera completa di Zurbaran, 1973, no. 559, under 'altre opere attribuite' as possibly the work of the studio or a follower
J. Gallego and J. Gudiol, Zurbarán 1598-1664, 1977, p. 122, no. 552, and fig. 493, under autograph works of uncertain date
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Summary Catalogue, 1980, I, pp.198-9, and II, illustrated
p.204, as Zurbarán
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848, 1981, pp. 226-7, no. 355, illustrated, as Zurbarán and datable to 1630-40
Y. Bottineau, On the Critical Fortunes of Francisco de Zurbarán: Reflections and Inquiries, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Zurbarán, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Grand Palais, Paris and Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1987-8, English edition, p. 30, Spanish edition p. 42
Exhibited
Paris, Palais du Louvre, Galerie Espagnole, 1838-1848 (Notice de la Galerie espagnole, 1st ed., 1838, no. 345; 4th ed., no. 355)
London, The Spanish Art Gallery, From Greco to Goya, 1938, no. 15, illustrated, as Zurbarán
London, The Spanish Art Gallery, From Greco to Goya, 1938, no. 15, illustrated, as Zurbarán