The Immaculate Conception

17th century

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanish, 1617-1682

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Title The Immaculate Conception

Artwork Date 17th century

Artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Life Dates 1617-1682

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Spanish

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Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 78 x 53 inches (198.1 x 134.6 cm) Framed: 93 1/2 x 62 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (237.5 x 158.1 x 11.4 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 89.70

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Provenance

possibly collection of Royal Palace, King of Spain (Madrid, Spain);
by 1808-10, collection General Desolle (France);
by descent to General Desolle's daughter;
purchased by (Samuel Woodburn, London, England);
until 1850, purchased by the King of Holland (Holland, Netherlands);
1850, sold at auction of King of Holland;
1850, purchased by W. H. Aspinwell (New York, USA);
1887, sold at auction of Witt Aspinwell (Christie's, London, England), lot 142; 1887, purchased by Gardner [or bought in?];
1888, sold (Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England), lot 117;
1888, purchased by James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1889-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Stirling-Maxwell. Sir William Annals of the Artists of Spain, vol. 3. London, 1848, p. 1418 [as Murillo].

Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens et Modernes, de Diverses Écoles, Dessins et Statues, formant la Galerie de fen Sa Majesté Guillaume II, Roi des Pays-Bas, Prince D'orange-Nassau, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg etc, etc, etc. Amersterdam, 1850, p. 52, no. 116, [as Murillo, Bartholome Esteban].

Strong, G. T. "The Turbulent Fifties: 1850-1859." The Diary of George Templeton Strong. 1858, pp. 383, 392 [aet 38].

Harper's Weekly (June 30, 1858) [includes an engraving of the painting; as Murillo].

Rosetti, W.M. "W.H. Aspinwall's Gallery." The Crayon (February 1859): p. 62, no. 2 [as Murillio].

Harper's Weekly (February 26, 1859) [includes an engraving of the painting; as Murillo].

"Fine Arts: Mr. Aspinwall's Gallery." The Evening Post, New York, April 20, 1864 [as Murillo].

Curtis, C.B. Velázquez and Murillo: A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Works. London & New York, 1883, p. 132, no. 34 [as Murillo].

The Collector: "The Scripps Old Masters." New York City 2 (May 1, 1891): p. 151, no. 13 [as Murillo].

Scripps, James E. Handbook of the Paintings Ancient and Modern Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1895, pp. 27-28.

"The James E. Scripps Collection of Old Masters." Bulletin of the DMA 1, no. 3 (1904): p. 3 (repr.) [as Murillo].

"The Story of Christ, as Related in Paintings in the Museum." Bulletin of the DMA 2, no. 1 (1908): pp. 2-3 (repr.) [as Murillo].

Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. Detroit, 1910, pp. 36-38, no. 48 (repr.) [as Murillo].

Burroughs, C. Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Contemporary Arts and Crafts. Detroit, 1920, pp. 87-88, no. 88 (repr.) [as Murillo].

The More Important Paintings and Sculptures of The Detroit Institute of Arts of the CIty of Detroit. Detroit, 1927, p. 117 [as Murillo].

Valentiner, W.R., and C.H. Burroughs. A Guide to the Collections of The Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit. Detroit, 1927, p. 20 [as Murillo].

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 154 (repr.) [as Murillo].

Mayer, A.L. "Anotaciones a obras murillescas." Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones 42 (1934): p. 18 [as workshop of Murillo].

Scheyer, E. Baroque Painting. Detroit, 1937, pp. 20-23, (fig. 8) [as Murillo].

Bossenbrook, William John, and Rolf Johannesen. Foundations of Western Civilization. Boston, 1939, pp. 624-625 (ill.).

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Paintings and Sculptures Illustrated. Detroit, 1943, p. 165 [as Murillo].

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 94, no. 154 [as workshop of Murillo].

Masterpieces of Spanish Painting. Exh. cat., Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Columbus, 1954, no. 20.

Fleming, W. Arts and Ideas. New York, 1955, p. 294, (fig. 343) [as Murillo].

Gaya Nuño, J.A. La Pintura Española fuera de España. Madrid, 1958, p. 253, no. 1972 [as Murillo].

Gaya Nuño, J.A. L'opera pittorica completa di Murillo. Milan, 1972, no. 293 [as Murillo; Gaya indicates that DIA considers it a workshop painting].

Young, E. Bartolomé Murillo Werkverzeichnis. Frankfurt, 1980, p. 90, no. 286.

Angulo Iñiguez, D. Murillo, su vida, su arte, su obra. Madrid, 1981, vol. 2, pp. 112-114, no. 105; vol. 3, (pl. 373) [as Murillo].

El Greco to Goya: The Taste for Spanish Paintings in Britain and Ireland. Cat., The National Gallery. London, 1981, p. 83 [as Murillo].

Rose de Viejo, I. "Manuel Godoy, Patrón de las artes y coleccionista." Ph.D. diss., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1981, catalogue vol. I, pp. 291-293, no. 379 [unpublished].

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Paintings from American Collections. Exh. cat., Kimbell Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fort Worth/Los Angeles, 2002, p. 109, (fig. 99) [painting not in exhibition].

The Soul of Spain. Exh. cat., Albuquerque Museum. Albuquerque, 2005, pp. 204-205, cat. 55, (repr.) [as workshop of Murillo].

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workshop of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Immaculate Conception, 17th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.70.