Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Oil portrait of man with long dark hair, in an elaborately painted frame
“Lost” Murillo Portrait Joins Special Exhibition

Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, writes about a painting believed to be a copy after a lost portrait by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (and described as such in the catalogue of the current special exhibition), this portrait has very recently been restored and discovered to be the original. It will remain on view through the rest of the New York exhibition.

video still of Xavier Salomon and oil painting of a portrait of a man
Cocktails with a Curator: Murillo's "Self-Portrait"
In this week’s episode of Cocktails with a Curator, delve into the life and times of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, one of the most celebrated painters of seventeenth-century Spain.
Gabriele Finaldi giving lecture at the Frick Collection
Gabriele Finaldi: “Paintings Made in Friendship: Murillo and Justino de Neve”

Alex Gordon Lecture in the History of Art: "Paintings Made in Friendship: Murillo and Justino de Neve," by Gabriele Finaldi, National Gallery, London