John Savile Lumley and Velázquez's 'Christ after the flagellation contemplated by the Christian soul'

• Autores: Philip McEvansoneya
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 152, Nº 1291, 2010, págs. 660-664
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The writer discusses diplomat John Savile Lumley's acquisition of Velázquez's Christ after the flagellation contemplated by the Christian soul, one of the great discoveries in Spanish painting in the 19th century. Unknown before 1859, when it was purchased in Madrid by Savile Lumley from José Bueno, this picture bore little resemblance in subject or style to works then known and accepted in England as by Velázquez, but the attribution was fully endorsed by authorities, including Sir Charles Eastlake, director of the National Gallery. Two letters from Savile Lumley to Sir John Crampton, his friend and fellow diplomat, as well as other previously unpublished documents, help to cast more light on the early history of this painting in England.