13:00 – 14:30 13:00 – 14:30 Registration and opportunity to visit the drawings by Murillo and other Spanish masters in the Courtauld Prints and Drawings Study Room (Please note: directions to the Study Room and information on the visit will be provided upon registration)
14:30 Welcome
14:35 – 15:05 Manuela Mena Marqués, Senior Curator of 18th Century Painting and Goya, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid: “Murillo the Draughtsman”
15:05 – 15:35 Xanthe Brooke, Curator of Continental European Art, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool: “Murillo’s Virgin and Child in Glory: The Afterlife of a Great Baroque Altarpiece”
15:35 – 16:05 Benito Navarrete Prieto, Professor, History of Art at the University of Alcala and Director of the Department of History and Philosophy: “Empathy and Prestige: The Real Reasons for Collecting Murillo’s Work in the Seville of his Patrons”
16:05 – 16:35 Tea
16:35 – 17:05 Laura Alba Carcelén, Conservation Scientist, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid’: “At Murillo´s Workshop: Pictorial Materials and Procedures”
17:05 – 17:35 Mairi Macdonald, Birkbeck College, University of London: “Murillo and Depictions of Poverty”
17:35 – 17:55 Discussion and close
18:00 – 19:00 Drinks and tapas
19:30 Invitation to attend a free concert of Spanish Renaissance and Baroque music organised by the Instituto Cervantes in Kings College Chapel (next door to the Courtauld). Please visit this link to book tickets.
For tickets to the conference, please click here
General public £16
Students £11
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