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Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1667–1670
© National Gallery, London
Subject taken from St John V, 2-8; one of eight paintings commissioned from Murillo for the Hospital de San Jorge, Seville, illustrating works of mercy. Purchased for £8,000 given to the Art Fund by the Executors of the late Graham Robertson and presented to the National Gallery.
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Title of artwork, date
Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, 1667–1670
Date supported
1950
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
237 x 261 cm
Gifted by
Executors of W. Graham Robertson
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