Francisco de Zurbarán

1598–1664 · Spain · Baroque

Francisco de Zurbarán (baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish Baroque painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Wikipedia

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Monks and saints in white robes against black, almost sculptural stillness and quiet devotion.

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“Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose”, 1633 — Norton Simon Museum
“The Death of Hercules”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Hercules and the Hydra”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Childhood of the Virgin”, 1658 — Hermitage Museum
“Agnus Dei”, 1635 — Museo del Prado
“Saint Lawrence”, 1636 — Hermitage Museum
“Crucifixion of Christ”, 1627 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Saint Hugh in the Carthusian Refectory”, 1655 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“Saint Agatha”, 1630 — Musée Fabre
“Apparition of the Apostle Peter to Saint Peter Nolasco”, 1629 — Museo del Prado
“Saint Apollonia”, 1637 — Louvre
“Immaculate Conception”, 1632 — Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
“The Defense of Cadiz Against the English”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Saint Bonaventure's Body Lying in State”, 1629 — Louvre
“The Apotheosis of St. Thomas of Aquino”, 1631 — Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
“Saint Serapion”, 1628 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
“Saint Margaret of Antioch”, 1631 — National Gallery
“Saint Elizabeth of Portugal”, 1635 — Museo del Prado
“The Young Virgin”, 1633 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Saint Luke as a painter, before Christ on the Cross”, 1650 — Museo del Prado
“The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco”, 1629 — Museo del Prado
“A Cup of Water and a Rose in a Plate of Silver”, 1630 — National Gallery
“Saint Francis of Assisi”, 1659 — Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
“Saint Casilda”, 1635 — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth”, 1640 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“The Archangel Gabriel”, 1631 — Musée Fabre
“Hercules and Cerberus”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“Saint Francis in Ecstasy”, 1660 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Annunciation”, 1639 — Museum of Grenoble
“The Immaculate Conception”, 1630 — Museo del Prado
“Saint Francis”, 1635 — Milwaukee Art Museum
“Still Life with Pots”, 1650 — Museo del Prado
“Adoration of the Magi”, 1638 — Museum of Grenoble
“St. Francis Contemplating a Skull”, 1635 — Saint Louis Art Museum
“The Virgin of the Rosary venerated by Carthusians”, 1638 — National Museum in Poznań
“St. Francis of Assisi in ecstasy”, 1638 — Museo Soumaya
“Hercules and the Cretan Bull”, 1634 — Museo del Prado
“The Battle between Christians and Moors at El Sotillo”, 1638 — Metropolitan Museum of Art

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