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The Virgin of the Rosary
c. 1675–1680 · Oil on canvas · Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
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image 12.6×20 in on a 16×20 in sheet
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A string of dark beads runs from Our Lady's hand into the fist of the Christ Child, and neither of them is counting. The Child toys with them, in Dulwich's word, so the rosary is in play, not in use; of its own version the Prado says neither figure fingers the beads as one reciting the Hail Mary would. Dulwich says Murillo painted it towards the end of his career and gave mother and child a remarkable humanity. She is borne up on cloud, small angels beneath her, and we see her from below; Dermot Morrin reads the low viewpoint as placing us on our knees in prayer. Dulwich thinks it was made for a Dominican church, the drapery glazed in ultramarine, a pigment so costly it was rarely used in Spain. The counting is left to whoever kneels.
Sources: Dulwich Picture Gallery object page, 'The Virgin of the Rosary' · Dermot Morrin, 'Murillo's Virgin of the Rosary at Dulwich,' scotland.op.org, 14 May 2021 · Dulwich Picture Gallery collection record, 'The Madonna of the Rosary', Bartolome Esteban Murillo, c.1670-80, DPG281, published via Google Arts & Culture · Dulwich Picture Gallery, catalogue description for 'The Madonna of the Rosary', Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1670-80, DPG281 (Dulwich Picture Gallery Prints) · Museo Nacional del Prado, artist entry, 'Bartolome Esteban Murillo' (The Collection) · Museo Nacional del Prado, catalogue entry, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 'The Virgin of the Rosary', c. 1650-1655, oil on canvas, P000975