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Genre paintings are rare in the work of Murillo, and the subject of this picture remains enigmatic. The boy may be drinking wine, but he is doing so with dignity and grace, holding the glass carefully – and the reference to Bacchus seems anachronistic with the boy’s modern clothes.
This painting was long thought to be by Murillo, though it is now considered to be by an imitator, perhaps a Frenchman working in the first half of the eighteenth century.
Title
A Young Man Drinking
Date
1700-50
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 62.8 x W 47.9 cm
Accession number
NG1286
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by John Staniforth Beckett, 1889
Work type
Painting
