Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

1617–1682 · Spain · Baroque

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish:; late December 1617, baptised 1 January 1618 – 3 April 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children. Wikipedia

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Soft, warm, hazy light, sweet Madonnas and ragged street children, Spanish Baroque at its gentlest.

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Works

“Grape and Melon Eaters”, 1650 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables”, 1660–1665 — Museo del Prado
“Two Women at a Window”, 1670
“The Young Beggar”, 1650 — Louvre
“Boy with a dog”, 1655 — Hermitage Museum
“Virgin and Child with a Rosary”, 1650–1655 — Museo del Prado
“The Good Shepherd”, 1664 — Museo del Prado
“The Pie Eaters”, 1670 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Return of the Prodigal Son”, 1668
“The Flower Girl”, 1665 — Dulwich Picture Gallery
“Immaculate Conception of El Escorial”, 1660–1665 — Museo del Prado
“The Birth of the Virgin”, 1661 — Louvre
“Saint Francis embracing Christ on the Cross”, 1668 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“The Little Fruit Seller”, 1670–1675 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Holy Family with a Bird”, 1650 — Museo del Prado
“Abraham Receiving the Three Angels”, 1670–1674 — National Gallery of Canada
“The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities”, 1678 — National Gallery
“The vision of Saint Anthony of Padua”, 1656 — Seville Cathedral
“The Patrician's Dream”, 1665 — Museo del Prado
“The Holy Children with a Shell”, 1670 — Museo del Prado
“Four Figures on a Step”, 1655 — Kimbell Art Museum
“Rest on the Flight into Egypt”, 1665 — Hermitage Museum
“Joseph and Potiphar's Wife”, 1640–1645 — Hessen Kassel Heritage
“Christ healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda”, 1668 — National Gallery
“The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Bernard”, 1655 — Museo del Prado
“The Angels Kitchen”, 1646 — Louvre
“The Aranjuez Immaculate Conception”, 1675 — Museo del Prado
“Madonna of the Napkin”, 1668 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“The Flight into Egypt”, 1647 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“St. Justa and St. Rufina”, 1666 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“Portrait of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco”, 1659 — Louvre
“The Martyrdom of St. Andrew”, 1675 — Museo del Prado
“Rebecca and Eliezer”, 1660 — Museo del Prado
“Christ crucified”, 1677 — Museo del Prado
“Adoration of the Shepherds”, 1650 — Museo del Prado
“Immaculate Conception”, 1670 — Museo Soumaya
“Liberation of Saint Peter”, 1665 — Hermitage Museum
“Saint Elisabeth of Hungary healing the poor”, 1672 — Hospital de la Santa Caridad
“Mater Dolorosa”, 1660 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“Conversion of Saint Paul”, 1678 — Museo del Prado

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

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