The grape-picker, and elderly woman holding a basket of grapes, after Murillo
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 13/16 in. (26.3 × 17.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.314
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving captures a tender genre scene of an elderly woman as a grape-picker, her basket brimming with ripe fruit. Created by Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona after an original composition by Bartolomé Estebanillo, the print dates around 17801805. Murillo one of Spain’s leading Baroque painters, was celebrated for his warm depictions of everyday life alongside religious subjects, infusing humble figures with quiet dignity and humanity. As an engraving, the work served an important role in disseminating Murillo’s imagery beyond Seville. Prints like this one allowed 18th- and 19th-century au...
About the Artist
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo|Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona · 1617–1682
Son of Gaspar Esteban, a barber-surgeon, and María Pérez. He was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up by his maternal uncle, who placed him as an apprentice with his relative Juan del Castillo, a painter in the Italian manner. He adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother, Elvira Murillo, and rarely signed or used that of his father. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Religious