The Christ Child Holding a Globe and a Cross, within a decorative drawn border
This drawing presents the Christ Child holding a globe and cross, enclosed within a decorative border, bearing an old attribution to Murillo in pen and brown ink. The work combines religious iconography with the refined draftsmanship characteristic of Old Master drawings.
- Medium
- bears old attribution in pen and brown ink: Murillo
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
September 17, 2021
Estimate: $300 to $400
Lot 10
Artists in conversation
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Spanish · b. 1617
Murillo is directly referenced in the old attribution inscribed on this very work, and his tender devotional depictions of the Christ Child with religious symbols and warm brown tones are the closest parallel to this drawing's subject matter and spiritual mood.
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish · b. 1598
Zurbarán created deeply spiritual religious works in ink and earthy brown tones featuring sacred figures with devotional objects such as the globe and cross seen here, sharing the same Old Master draftsmanship and contemplative religious iconography.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian · b. 1696
Tiepolo produced refined ink drawings of sacred subjects including the Christ Child within elaborate decorative borders, using pen and brown ink with a similar combination of delicate draftsmanship and religious symbolism characteristic of this piece.
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