Murillo at Dulwich Picture Gallery

The paintings of Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682), which depict women and children of the artist´s world, as well as elegantly-handled religious subjects, constitute an extensive and appealing record of the everyday life of his times. Taking the Dulwich Picture Gallery´s excellent collection of masterpieces as a starting point, this book demonstrates Murillo´s far-reaching popularity and the influence he had on artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, whose ´fancy pictures´ show a clear affinity with Murillo´s paintings of children. It sumptuously illustrates the main artworks, while reproductions of other Murillo paintings put the master´s enduring art into a historical and social context. The book also provides important new scholarship on attribution and technique, with x-ray images revealing fresh and unexpected insights into the genesis and evolution of Murillo´s compositions. One piece has never before been shown in print and several of the other key works have been newly conserved - bringing them back to life in their full splendour.