Murillo, after a self portrait by the artist

Murillo, after a self portrait by the artist

Auguste Blanchard fils aîné

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

For discussion of this print in relation to portraits of Murillo see X. F. Salmon, '"An Arsenal of Passions"; The Frick Self-Portrait from Seville to Manhattan', in 'Murillo: the Self-Portraits', exhbt.cat, Frick Collection New York, 2017, pp.69-85.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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