The Fall (and Rise?) of Murillo as One of the Greatest

14 Aug

Spanish Painters
National Galleries of Scotland
National Gallery Complex
12.45–1.15pm
Purchase of Exhibition Ticket Required

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In 1853, John Ruskin criticised a painting of street urchins by Murillo, then the best-known Spanish Old Master. Dr Hilary Macartney, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, examines some of his paintings which made–and broke–his critical esteem in Britain.