Murillo: Virtuoso Draftsman

New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2012. Hardcover. VG, Like New. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & tan & decorated dust jacket, 302 pp., many color illus. "A thoroughly revised edition of the 1976 publication 'Murillo & His Drawings,' " (dj) this volume serves as the catalog raisonne of the work of Spanish painter and draftsman Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682). "Sumptuous." (dj) Contents as follows: Murillo as a draftsman -- Catalogue Raisonné of drawings -- Additions to the catalogue Raisonné of drawings -- Rejected attributions from the 1976 edition -- Rejected attributions -- Rejected attributions of drawings published since 1976 -- Preliminary checklist of oil sketches -- Drawings by Murillo in the collection of Baron St. Helens. "Known primarily as a great painter, Bartolome; Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) was also one of the best draftsmen of the 17th century. Although his devotional paintings seem to have been created effortlessly, they are the result of careful thought and study, a process that comes alive in the preparatory drawings. Murillo used a variety of techniques, favoring pen and ink and brown wash and red-and-black chalk. Like painters schooled in Italian Renaissance practice, the Spaniard developed his paintings in stages, starting with sketches of the full composition and then focusing on details that posed specific problems. Occasionally, Murillo used drawings as a medium for original compositions; these are highly finished pieces, usually enhanced by the use of wash and unmistakably stamped with the artist's personality. This sumptuous book is a thoroughly revised edition of the 1976 publication Murillo & His Drawings. Twenty sheets have been added to the catalogue of authentic works, the bibliography has been brought up to date, and the entries have been revised