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| Title | The Infant Christ Asleep on the Cross | |
| Collection | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Artist | Attributed to Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1670 | |
| Date Latest | about 1680 | |
| Description | Murillo painted several versions of this complex religious subject fortelling the crucifixtion for the infant Christ. This version, with Christ sleeping below two putti, one of whom pulls back an awning, whilst the other bids them to be silent. This painting, one of the finest depictions of this theme, can be dated to the 1670s through the technique and Murillo's treatment of the children. | |
| Current Accession Number | 73 | |
| Subject | religion (Christ) | |
| Measurements | 141.8 x 107 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by J. G. Graves 1935. | |
| Provenance | Bequeathed by Charles Jennens to his cousin, father of the 1st Lord Howe; by descent in the Howe family; Howe sale, Christie's, 1933, lot 45, bought by J. G. Graves. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | British Institution, London, 1824, cat. no. 14; British Institution, London, 1858, cat. no. 1; Festival of Britain Exhibition, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1951, cat. no. 146; Pictures from Yorkshire Galleries, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1952, cat. no. 49; Primitives to Picasso, Royal Academy, London, 1962, cat. no. 108. | |
| Publications | The English Connoisseur, 1766, vol. 1, p. 36; Curtis, C. B., Velasquez and Murillo, New York and London, 1883, p. 36, no. 157; The Studio, 1952, p. 20; Royal Academy Illustrated Souvenir, 1962, p. 24. | |
| Notes | An alternative date of c.1665 has been suggested by Professor M.S. Soria. | |
| Rights Owner | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Author | Alastair Smith | |