Zurbaran Paintings
The thirteen Zurbarán Paintings hang in the Long Dining Room, each painting standing eight feet tall. They are the work of a contemporary of Valázques and El Greco, Spanish artist, Francisco de Zurburán.
Painted between 1640 and 1645, they are of patriarchs, Jacob and his twelve sons. The twelfth son, ‘Benjamin', is not in fact the work of de Zurburán, but of Arthur Pond, an artist, copyist and art critic of the 18th century.
It was Bishop Trevor who in 1756 acquired this now priceless collection for £124, after a history which probably took them to South America before coming to England.
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