Christmas Massdetails

Christmas Mass

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Choirboys, an orchestra, a conductor who appears to be starting into space, an unintersested congregation, some of whom are kneeling at at the door. It looks as if perhaps we see a minstrel’s gallery, or a side-chapel, as the main procession and altar are dimly visible through the arch on the left.

Although this was given the title Christmas Mass (in German), it seems the painter, José Benlliure y Gil (1858 – 1937), called it The Boys’ Choir. The original sold at auction in 2006 in London for £57,600, or about £7,000 per boy, a low price for an original by this artist.

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