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Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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02-06-2026
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Sevilla, 1617 - Sevilla, 1682

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo See author's file

Saint John the Baptist in the Desert

Second half of the XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil on white paper.
Not on display

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1651 1700 Drawing Grey-brown wash Pencil White paper

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Inventory number
D005999
Author
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Title
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Date
Second half of the XVII century
Technique
Grey-brown wash; Pencil
Support
White paper
Dimension
Height: 170 mm; Width: 124 mm
Provenance
Collection of Adolphe Stein, París; acquisition for the Prado Museum with funds from the Legacy of the Villaescusa, 1993
Entry date
1993

Bibliography +

Stein, Adolphe, Master Drawings, Douwes Fine Art Gallery, Londres, 1990, pp. nº 101.

Stein, Adolphe, Dessins Espagnols, Galerie Gismondi, París, 1991, pp. nº 45.

Garín LLombart, Felipe Vicente, Un mecenas póstumo: el legado Villaescusa, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1993, pp. 115.

Posada Kubissa, Teresa, Últimas adquisiciones: 1982-1995, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1995, pp. 153.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Tres siglos de dibujo sevillano, Fundación Fondo de Cultura de Sevilla, Sevilla, 1996, pp. 196.

Brown, Jonathan, Murillo. Virtuoso draftsman, Yale University Press, 2012, pp. 258-259.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2318.

Inv. Dibujos, Fondo Antiguo. Núm. 1667.

Inscriptions +

murillo f.t
 Inscribed in pen and ink. Front, lower left corner

Exhibitions +

Tres siglos de dibujo sevillano
Sevilla
30.11.1995 - 11.02.1996

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