Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618-1682)
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Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618-1682)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Closed19 June 2020

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Circle of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618-1682)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
oil on canvas, unframed
68 ¼ x 89 1/8 in. (173.4 x 226.3 cm.)

H. D. Owen, London, by 1812, until at least 1868.
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, 1911.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 July 1980, lot 27, as 'Workshop of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo'.

Specialist note

This life-size painting relates closely to Murillo's Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the Museum of Cádiz, painted in 1682 as the centerpiece of the Church of the Capuchinos altarpiece, though here the format is horizontal and includes the figure of Saint Francis in place of two putti. There is another, smaller verison of the Cádiz composition, thought to be a study, currently in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.