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| Keywords: Workshop of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception - Walters 37286.jpg According to the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception the Virgin was already free from the original sin that applied to all the descendants of Adam and Eve at the moment she was conceived by her parents This became official dogma in 1854 but was widely accepted long before especially in 17th-century Counter Reformation Spain The image of a virgin whose triumph over sin is acknowledged by the cosmos in the form of a crown of stars an aura of golden light from the sun and the moon for a footrest is from the Book of Revelation At Mary's feet cherubim hold a proclamation of the uniqueness of her freedom from sin taken from the story of the Old Testament heroine Esther 15 for this law does not apply to you but for all others Many artists in Murillo's native Seville specialized in the Immaculate Conception but none equaled him in giving pictorial form to the Virgin's purity through the delicate use of color and light The difference in style between the polished brushstrokes defining the Virgin's face and the more fluid rendering of the lively cherubim suggests that two assistants collaborated in painting this altarpiece ca 1660 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 250 178 5 accession number 37 286 2840 Count Altamira Sale London June 1 1827 no 64 Coesvelt Gallery W G Coesvelt Sale June 13 1840 Mrs George Perkins London Sale Christie's London June 14 1887 no 86 Sale Christie's London June 14 1890 no 139 Colnaghi's Sir Lewis Jarvis Mrs P C Hanford Sale American Art Association New York January 30 1902 no 61 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Seville Spain Walters Art Museum license 2D Inmaculada Concepción de Murillo Walters Art Museum Baltimore | ||||
