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Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1667–1670

Subject taken from St John V, 2-8; one of eight paintings commissioned from Murillo for the Hospital de San Jorge, Seville, illustrating works of mercy. Purchased for £8,000 given to the Art Fund by the Executors of the late Graham Robertson and presented to the National Gallery.

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Title of artwork, date

Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, 1667–1670

Date supported

1950

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

237 x 261 cm

Gifted by

Executors of W. Graham Robertson

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