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shona
shona

I tried to translate the name of one of B.E. Murillo's paintings -- Paesaggio, on Google translate site. No result.
Is it Spanish for travelling/passage? This painting is in the Prado, but I can't find any image of it. The label that I have was on the back of a painting I purchased years ago, and have just found out that it is a David Roberts painting of
El Castillo de Alcala de Guadaira, not a Murillo at all.

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iviehoff
iviehoff

No. The reason you couldn't translate it from Spanish is because the word is Italian, not Spanish. It is Italian for landscape. The equivalent Spanish word is paisaje.

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iviehoff
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Is this the painting?
http://www.viejospuertos.com/n/len/0/ent/301/murillo-paisaje

I took to wondering whether "landscape" might be a description of the type of painting rather than the name of the painting, but it appears that this painting is called Paisaje.

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shilgia
shilgia

Paesaggio also means countryside (in addition to landscape).

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anonymous
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As iviehoff said on #1, paesaggio isn't Spanish but Italian.

BTW, if it's the painting showed on the link provided by iviehoff on #2, you can find an image of it on the web of El Prado. As you can see they call the painting Paisaje con cascada.

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shona
shona

Thank you all. Thanks also to iviehoff but no that was not the painting that I have (David Roberts). I think the gallery I bought the painting from must have put the wrong label on it.
During my browzing through the Prado website, I did see the Murillo Paisaje so now all is clear.

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furs
furs

#3 - you are wrong. Paesaggio does not mean countryside at all.

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shilgia
shilgia

OK, I defer to you, furs. Must have gotten confused.

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