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Boy with a dog, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, portraitBartolomé Esteban MurilloSpanish, 1617–1682

Boy with a dog

1655 · Painting · 70 × 60 cm

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

State Hermitage Museum

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Room239

On public display.

Checked
29 Aug 2026
In this state since
Aug 30, 2026
Source
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About the painting

Boy with a Dog is an oil on canvas painting executed ca. 1655–1660 by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, now in the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg, for which it was acquired from the Comte de Choiseul collection in 1772.

The painting represents a ragged, mischievous and cheerful boy, playing with a dog. It is one of Murillo's paintings of children that displays signs of the hardship that in the mid-seventeenth century affected a Seville depleted by the taxes and the competition of Cádiz, after the plague of 1649.

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In the museum's own words — in Russian

Бартоломе Эстебан Мурильо – самый крупный испанский живописец второй половины XVII века. Художник стал настолько популярным еще при жизни, что испанский король запретил вывозить его полотна из страны. Мурильо продолжил в своем искусстве традиции реализма, черты которого наиболее полно проявились в его жанровых картинах. К его лучшим работам относятся изображения уличных мальчишек Севильи – родного города живописца. В картине «Мальчик с собакой», созданной художником в ранние годы, ощущается нотка сентиментальности, хотя в ней еще нет той идеализации, а порой и слащавости, которая появилась в поздних работах мастера. Мурильо удалось великолепно передать живую и выразительную мимику уличного мальчишки, обернувшегося к увязавшейся за ним собаке. Это полотно является парным к картине «Девочка с цветами и фруктами», находящейся в Музее изобразительных искусств в Москве. Две эти работы связаны между собой композиционно и по содержанию и являются единственными сохранившимися парными картинами художника.

State Hermitage Museum

Particulars

1655 · aged 38
16171682
Accession number
ГЭ-386

In the catalog

PaintingsOilSpanish paintingBaroque17th centurySpain

Sources

  • State Hermitage Museum
  • Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access

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