The Assumption of the Virgin (after Murillo), Hospital de la Caridad, Seville, Spain
after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1617 - Seville 1682)
Category
Photographs
Date
1866 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
240 x 170 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.455
Summary
A photograph of a painting possibly The Assumption of the Virgin by Murillo showing a woman in white dress and dark cloak standing on moon surrounded by cherubs, the shadowy figure of a bearded man above. Hospital de la Caridad, Seville Spain c.1866 Contained in a very large dark brown leather photograph album with gold tooling on front, back and on spine and 'Charles Lygon-Cocks / Hys / Photographs' in gold on front cover.
Provenance
Col. Charles Lygon Somers Cocks was related to the Agar-Robartes through the Carew Pole family. He commissioned George Gilbert Scott to design his house,Treverbyn Vean, St. Neot, and William Burges to design the interiors.
Marks and inscriptions
Above photograph: (in pencil) Assumption Murillo
Makers and roles
after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1617 - Seville 1682), publisher