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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Madonna Nursing the Christ Child

c. 1670–72
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The inscription Morillo on this drawing is not the artist's signature but rather a notation likely made by a 17th-century owner of the drawing.

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