PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Madrid-1028-Estatua de Murillo (Statue of [Esteban Bartolomé] Murillo)
after 1871
Albumen print
13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (33.6 x 25 cm) image size;17 x 11 3/4 in. (43 x 30 cm) sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 85.91

This bronze statue honoring seventeenth-century painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is situated at the south entrance of the Prado Museum. Erected in 1871, the statue is actually a replica of a monument in Seville, the birthplace of the artist.

-- Label copy for Juan Laurent, Photographer of Spain, July 7 to September 23, 2007.