The Immaculate Conception of the Venerables, or of Soult

From €29Museum-quality print, also on canvas and framed.

Frequently asked questions

Which size should I choose?

This work is available in 30 × 40 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.

Does it come framed?

The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.

When will it arrive?

Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.

What if it arrives damaged?

Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.

Can I send it as a gift?

Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.

About the work

Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Date: 1678
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 274 x 190 cm
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Print up to: 30 × 40 cm
Reference: XDV-0434

What the museum label doesn't tell you

Look closely: no Tower of David, no sealed fountain, no palm, no cypress. For an Immaculate Conception that's odd, those attributes were almost mandatory. The Prado's explanation is that they were carved into the original frame, wrapped in the Litany of Loreto. That frame stayed behind in Seville. The canvas didn't: a French marshal took it in 1813, it later sold for a record fortune, and eventually reached the Prado. So what you're seeing is only half an idea, a Virgin ascending stripped bare, her symbolic apparatus left behind, permanently. Can a painting still make sense once its frame is gone.

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