Lot 93

Oil on Canvas, Continental School, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Immaculate Conception,” 19th C.

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Oil on Canvas, Continental School, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Immaculate Conception,” 19th C.

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Starting Bid: $1,500

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by Stevens Auction Company
July 11, 2026 11:00 AM CDT
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Aberdeen, MS, US 39730

Continental School, late 19th century, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Immaculate Conception,” oil on canvas, unsigned. Large devotional painting depicting the Virgin Mary standing upon clouds and a crescent moon, her hands crossed at her chest and gaze raised heavenward, wearing a white robe and deep blue mantle, with cherubic heads emerging from the upper left celestial cloudbank. The composition follows Murillo’s celebrated Spanish Baroque Immaculate Conception type, particularly the El Escorial / Los Venerables formula of the Virgin in blue and white, surrounded by light, clouds, angels, and the crescent moon. Presented in a large ornate giltwood frame with scrolling foliate ornament. Accompanied by conservation paperwork from Hudson + Salah Art Conservation Studios documentation, New Orleans, 2012, for conservation work including cleaning, lining, restretching, filling, inpainting, and varnishing, with invoice totaling $3,270. Hudson + Salah stretcher label to verso listls client, title “Immaculate,” and size 40 x 60. Framed dimensions: 73 in. H x 52 in. W x 5 in. D.

  • Condition: Professionally conserved and lined; later custom stretcher and frame supports visible to verso. Conservation paperwork notes prior old repairs, cleaning, lining, filling, inpainting, and varnishing. Craquelure and surface texture visible; scattered frame wear, rubbing, losses, and old repairs to gilt frame.

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