Our Lady of the Rosary (Murillo, Madrid)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1650s
The story
Our Lady of the Rosary is an oil on canvas painting of Our Lady of the Rosary by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, created c. 1650-1655. It was previously in the El Escorial Monastery and Palacio Real de Madrid and now is held in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid.
The Virgin Mary sits on a stone bench holding the infant Jesus, who stands with one foot resting on his mother's left leg and the other on the bench. Touching each other's cheeks and through physical connection, these figures display the gentlest and most sincere gestures of love. Together, they gaze at the viewer, an expression of solemn and subtle devotion to the object of their gaze—the devout spectator.
- Artist
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Date
- 1650s
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
- Movement
- Baroque
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 166 × 112 cm
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