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Title: Sketches of great painters for young people
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dallin, Colonna Murray, Mrs
Subjects: Painters
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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St. John andthe Lamb, and the Children with the Lamb. This lastpicture represents the Christ Child giving water to thelittle St. John in a shell. Another beautiful pictureof the Christ Child represents him standing on a globe.In the Holy Family at the National Gallery is a lovelyfigure of the youthful Savior represented as standingon the base of a ruined column, between Mary andJoseph. The Holy Spirit is descending upon Him inthe form of a dove, and the Childs face is aglow withlight from above. The vast amount of work accomplished by Murilloshows how industrious he must have been. His wasa quiet life, devoted to his art ; and his journeys toMadrid and Cadiz were among the most importantincidents in his uneventful career. He was kind andgenerous by nature, and was beloved by all who knewhim. He had for many years a faithful slave namedSebastian Gomez, who was constantly with the masterwhile he painted and while he gave lessons to hispupils. One day Murillo left a picture of the Virgin
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The Christ Child in the Holy Family.215 216 SKETCHES OF GREAT PAINTERS. on his easel, intending to finish it some other time. Afew days later, when he looked at his picture, he foundthat it had been completed in a very able manner.He was naturally curious to know who had done it.When, at last, he discovered that Gomez had finishedthe picture, he made him free, and the ex-slave after-ward painted some excellent pictures that can still beseen in Spain. Murillo had many pupils, and his influence upon theart of his country was great. He lent his sympatheticaid in establishing at Seville an academy for the studyof art, and he worked with enthusiasm to further itsends ; but it was badly managed, and was discontinuedsoon after his death. In 1(380 Murillo went to Cadiz to paint some picturesfor the Capuchin convent. While at work on the largealtarpiece, the Marriage of St. Catherine, he fell fromthe scaffolding and was so seriously injured that hecould paint no more. He had finished the centr

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