The Angels' Kitchen
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The Angels' Kitchen is a 1646 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, originally produced for a small Franciscan monastery in the artist's native Seville. From at least 1810 it was in the Alcázar of Seville, before being looted by Marshal Soult, arriving in his collection in Paris in 1813. The French state bought it in the sale of Soult's collection in 1858 and it has hung in the Louvre, in Paris, ever since.[1]
Michel Butor included it in his list of 105 decisive masterpieces of Western art.[2]
History
It originally formed part of a set of twelve works, the others being:
- The Ecstacy of Saint Francis and Saint Diego Feeding Beggars (both Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid)
- Brother Julian of Alcala and The Soul of Philip II (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA)
- The Death of Saint Clare (Dresden Gemäldegalerie)
- Immaculate Conception and Saint Diego (lost)
- Saint Didacus of Alcalá and the Bishop of Pamplona (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France)
- Saint Salvador of Horta or Plague (Hertz. Pozzo di Borgo, Paris)
- The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA[3])
- Two Franciscan Monks (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada[4])
- Brother Juniper and the Poor Man (Museum of Fine Arts, Dole, France)
It shows an otherwise unknown scene from the history of the Franciscan order, possibly Brother Francisco Perez from Alcalá de Guadaíra, who was an assistant in the kitchen of the monastery of San Francisco el Grande. According to legend, he was such an ardent devotee that he once forgot his duties and fell asleep. When he woke up he found his duties miraculously fulfilled.[5]
References
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- La Colasal (1645–1655)
- Esquilache (1645–1655)
- El Escorial (1660–1665)
- Museo Soumaya (c. 1670)
- Aranjuez (c. 1675)
- Los Venerables (c. 1678)
- Walpole (c. 1680)
- The Vision of Fray Lauterio (c. 1640)
- Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1640–1645)
- Saint Francis of Assisi at Prayer (c. 1645–1650)
- The Angels' Kitchen (1646)
- The Flight into Egypt (1647–1650)
- Adoration of the Shepherds (Madrid; c. 1650)
- The Holy Family with a Little Bird (1650)
- Our Lady of the Rosary (1650–1655)
- Saint Roderick (c. 1650–1655)
- Rebecca and Eleazar (1652)
- The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua (1656)
- The Good Shepherd (c. 1660)
- The Birth of the Virgin (1661)
- Christ after the Flagellation (Boston; c. 1665)
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1665)
- The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Bernard (c. 1665)
- Mater Dolorosa (1665)
- The Patrician's Dream (1665)
- Saint Anthony with the Christ Child (1665–1666, 1668–1669)
- Liberation of Peter (1665–1667)
- Isaac Blessing Jacob (1665–1670)
- Saint Justa and Saint Rufina (c. 1666)
- Madonna and Child of the Napkin (c. 1666)
- Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda (c. 1667–1670)
- Christ on the Cross (San Diego; c. 1667–1670)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (c. 1667–1670)
- The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (Edinburgh; c. 1667–1682)
- Adoration of the Shepherds (London; c. 1668)
- Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms (c. 1668)
- Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross (1668–1669)
- Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1668–1670)
- The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (Seville; c. 1669–1674)
- Moses at the Rock of Horeb (c. 1669–1674)
- Christ after the Flagellation (Champaign; c. 1670)
- Abraham and the Three Angels (c. 1670–1674)
- The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Shell (1670–1675)
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Curing the Sick (1672)
- Saint John of God Carrying a Sick Man (1672)
- Ecce Homo (c. 1672–1678)
- Christ on the Cross (New York; c. 1675)
- The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1675–1682)
- Christ on the Cross (Madrid; c. 1675)
- Saint Thomas of Villanova Healing a Lame Man (c. 1675)
- The Conversion of Saint Paul (c. 1675–1680)
- Christ on the Cross (Madrid; c. 1677)
- The Christ Child Distributing Bread to Pilgrims (1678)
- The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities (c. 1680)
- The Young Beggar (1645–1650)
- Children Eating Grapes and a Melon (1645–1650)
- Four Figures on a Step (c. 1655–1660)
- Boy with a Dog (1655–1660)
- Two Women at a Window (1665–1675)
- The Little Fruitseller (c. 1670–1675)
- Children Eating a Tart (1670–1675)
- The Flower Girl (c. 1675–1680)
- Portrait of Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga (c. 1653)
- Portrait of Íñigo Melchor Fernandez de Velasco (1658–1659)
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