Artist: Velázquez, Diego (1599 -1660)
- Item Title:
- Velázquez and Murillo : A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Works of Don Diego de Silva Velázquez and Bartolomé Estéban Murillo.
- Author:
- Curtis, Charles Boyd
- Imprint:
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington ; New York : J.W. Bouton, 1883.
- Language:
- English
- Size:
- 25 cm
- Pages:
- xxviii, 424
- Illustrations:
- unillustrated
- Concordance:
- No
- Bibliography:
- Yes
- Index:
- Yes
- Exhibition List:
- No
- Chronology:
- Yes
- Content Note:
- The catalogue is organized by subject: Old Testament; Immaculate Conception & religious subjects, etc; landscapes; still lifes; genre scenes; and portraits. Individual entries include title, date, dimensions, provenance and collection information, and references. There are also detailed notes and information on variants and copies.
- Individual Entries Contain:
- Provenance; Bibliog.; Comments
- Public Note:
- One of the earliest catalogues raisonnés on Velazques and Murillo, and still a point of reference for many of the later studies. The second part of the publication include the catalogue raisonné of Murillo lists approximately 480 paintings. In addition to the catalogue, the publication includes a detailed biographical chronology, a copy of Murillo's will and inventory in English, and brief essays on his known followers and students.
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