Object of the Month, June 2021: The Immaculate Conception by Bartolomé Estéban Murillo

Get to know your Dayton Art Institute with our Object of the Month talks! The DAI's volunteer Museum Guides prepare and present these online talks, highlighting different works from the museum's collection.
In this month's presentation, we will explore The Immaculate Conception, painted about 1670-80 by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Estéban Murillo. You can see it in person in Gallery 218 at the museum.
Featured Artwork: Bartolomé Estéban Murillo (Spanish, 1618-1682), The Immaculate Conception, 1670-1680, oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. Robert Badenhop, the Anne E. Charch Fund, the William Henry Zwiesler Educational Trust Fund, the Honorable Jefferson Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Elton F. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Siebenthaler, an anonymous donor in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Chew, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Simonds, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chesterton, Dr. and Mrs. Janusz S. Przemieniecki, and Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Schermer by exchange, 2003.5
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