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ALONSO CANO (GRANADA 1601-1667)
The infant Christ sleeping
oil on canvas
297⁄8 x 36 in. (76 x 91.4 cm.)
inscribed 'ECO DORMIO ECOR MEV VIC' (on the banderole, lower right)
Provenance
King Louis Philippe I of France (1773-1850), The Spanish Gallery, Louvre, Paris, by 1838; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 6 May 1853, lot 54, 23 gns. to,
J. C. W. Sawbridge-Erle-Drax; Christie's, London, 10 May 1935, lot 79, as 'Cano', where unsold.
Literature
Notice des tableaux de la Galerie espagnole exposés dans les salles du Musée Royal au Louvre, Paris, Impremerie du Crapelet, 1838, p. 10, no. 17.
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre, 1838-1848, Paris, 1981, p. 40, no. 17.
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