A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682)

Scottish National Gallery

1665 - 1670

Three quarter lenght depiction of a youth holding a basket of fruit. His right arm and part of his chest are bare and ears of barley protrude from his turban.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 102 x 82 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £150000 ( Total: £601,332; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Estate of the 5th Earl of Normanton

Provenance

[Possibly Justino de Neve, Seville; Nicolas Omazur, Seville]; Manuel Godoy, 'Prince of Peace'; Marquis de Montcalm; his sale C, 4/5/1849 (144), bought by the 2nd Earl of Normanton thence by descent

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