UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



MURILLO 



A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED 

 BY OVER 165 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTO- 

 GRAPHS OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES 



WHILE the names of Murillo and Velazquez are inseparably linked in 

 the history of Art as Spain's immortal contribution to the small band 

 of world-painters, the great Court-Painter to Philip IV. has ever re- 

 ceived the lion's share of public attention. Many learned and critical 

 works have been written about Murillo, but whereas Velazquez has 

 been familiarised to the general reader by the aid of small, popular biographies, 

 the niche is still empty which it is hoped that this book will fill. 



In this volume the attempt has been made to show the painter's art in its 

 relation to the religious feeling of the age in which he lived, and his own feeling 

 towards his art. Murillo was the product of his religious era, and of his native 

 province, Andalusia. To Europe in his lifetime he signified little or nothing. 

 He painted to the order of the religious houses in his immediate vicinity ; his 

 works were immured in local monasteries and cathedrals, and, passing imme- 

 diately out of circulation, were forgotten or never known. 



UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



SPANISH ARMS 

 AND ARMOUR 



A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF 

 THE ROYAL ARMOURY AT MADRID. ILLUSTRATED 

 WITH 386 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. 

 DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO 

 H.M. QUEEN MARIA CRISTINA OF SPAIN 



ALTHOUGH several valuable and voluminous catalogues of the Spanish 

 Royal Armoury have, from time to time, been compiled, this " finest 

 collection of armour in the world " has been subjected so often to the 

 disturbing influences of fire, removal, and re-arrangement, that no 

 hand catalogue of the Museum is available, and this book has been 

 designed to serve both as a historical souvenir of the institution and a record of 

 its treasures. 



The various exhibits with which the writer illustrates his narrative are repro- 

 duced to the number of nearly 400 on art paper, and the selection of weapons and 

 armour has been made with a view not only to render the series interesting to 

 the general reader, but to present a useful text book for the guidance of 

 artists, sculptors, antiquaries, costumiers, and all who are engaged in the repro- 

 duction or representation of European armoury. 



