Live Auction 5984The Country House Sale - Newton Hall
Christie’s roundel
Lot 263

FOLLOWER OF BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO

The hound of Don Andrés de Andrade, chained to a plinth, a landscape beyond

Closed20 January 2010

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GBP 2,750

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FOLLOWER OF BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
The hound of Don Andrés de Andrade, chained to a plinth, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas, unframed
46½ x 38½ in. (118 x 98 cm.)

Almost certainly acquired by Captain Samuel Edward Widdrington, R.N., (formerly Cook) (1787-1856) during his extensive travels throughout Spain in 1842 and by descent at Newton Hall, Northumberland.

Specialist note

A detail derived from the Portrait of Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal painted by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) circa 1665-72 in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The 1925 Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O. mentions a full-length version of the portrait. This version was formerly in the Collection of Sir Arthur Aston (1798-1859), Ambassador in Madrid, 1840-1843.