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1617-1682

Spanish Baroque Painter

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682), the most popular 17th-century Spanish baroque painter. Murillo was born in Seville, Spain, where he learned the prevalent naturalistic painting style of Sevillian painters Diego Velázquez and Francisco Zurbarán. Murillo's early works, depictions of the Madonna and of the Holy Family, were dry in character, but he soon developed a warm, atmospheric style in which soft, luminous tones and idealized figures gave a pious, sometimes sweet, tone to his painting. This style likely reflects the influence of the major Renaissance and baroque masters of Italy and Flanders, and it characterizes the works that established his fame 11 scenes from the lives of Franciscan saints, which he painted from 1645 to 1646. This style found perhaps its highest expression in the artist's most frequently depicted subject, The Immaculate Conception, of which several versions exist (Prado, Madrid; Louvre, Paris; and elsewhere). Murillo excelled in genre painting, depicting poverty-stricken children in a touching manner, as in Young Beggar (1645-1655, Louvre). From 1671 to 1674 he painted several pictures for the Church of the Confraternity de la Caridad, Seville, many of which are now dispersed to museums in Saint Petersburg, Madrid, and London. Murillo was the first president of the Seville Academy, which he cofounded in 1660. He had a flourishing workshop and many students and followers. His works influenced later Spanish painting and anticipated 18th-century European rococo painting. See also Baroque Art and Architecture.

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12 Murillo Paintings

The Marriage of the Virgin, c.1660/70 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Marriage of the Virgin c.1660/70

Oil Painting
$1961
SKU: MBE-3276
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: unknown
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

The Adoration of the Shepherds, c.1665/68 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Adoration of the Shepherds c.1665/68

Oil Painting
$2071
Canvas Print
$51.34
SKU: MBE-3277
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 146.7 x 218.4 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Beggar Boys Eating Grapes and Melon, c.1645/46 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

Beggar Boys Eating Grapes and Melon c.1645/46

Oil Painting
$1979
SKU: MBE-3968
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: unknown
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

The Madonna and Child, c.1650 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Madonna and Child c.1650

Oil Painting
$1685
SKU: MBE-3972
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: unknown
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

The Young Beggar, c.1650 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Young Beggar c.1650

Oil Painting
$1448
SKU: MBE-3976
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: unknown
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Virgin Appears to Saint Bernard, c.1660 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Virgin Appears to Saint Bernard c.1660

Oil Painting
$2488
Canvas Print
$61.44
SKU: MBE-15961
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 311 x 249 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Birth of the Virgin, 1661 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Birth of the Virgin 1661

Oil Painting
$1790
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: MBE-15985
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 185 x 360 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, c.1678 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables c.1678

Oil Painting
$2434
Canvas Print
$51.89
SKU: MBE-16767
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 274 x 190 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Holy Family with a Little Bird, c.1650 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Holy Family with a Little Bird c.1650

Oil Painting
$2556
Canvas Print
$55.77
SKU: MBE-16768
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 144 x 188 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Rebecca and Eliezer, c.1660 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

Rebecca and Eliezer c.1660

Oil Painting
$2612
Canvas Print
$53.97
SKU: MBE-16769
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 108 x 151.5 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Pie Eaters, c.1675/82 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

The Pie Eaters c.1675/82

Oil Painting
$2646
Canvas Print
$62.68
SKU: MBE-16786
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 123.6 x 102 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Penitent Magdelene, c.1650/65 by Murillo | Painting Reproduction

Penitent Magdelene c.1650/65

Oil Painting
$1603
Canvas Print
$66.01
SKU: MBE-17609
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Original Size: 123.2 x 108 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA

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