The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (Murillo, Edinburgh)
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The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes is a c. 1667-1682 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, now in the National Galleries of Scotland after being accepted by the UK government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2005.[1][2] It is a study for a work still in the artist's native Seville.