Francisco de Zurbaran

1598-1664 Spanish Francisco de Zurbaran Galleries Spanish baroque painter, active mainly at Llerena, Madrid, and Seville. He worked mostly for ecclesiastical patrons. His early paintings, including Crucifixion (1627; Art Inst., Chicago), St. Michael (Metropolitan Mus.), and St. Francis (City Art Museum, St. Louis), often suggest the austere simplicity of wooden sculpture. The figures, placed close to the picture surface, are strongly modeled in dramatic light against dark backgrounds, indicating the influence of Caravaggio. They were clearly painted as altarpieces or devotional objects. In the 1630s the realistic style seen in his famous Apotheosis of St. Thomas Aquinas (1631; Seville) yields to a more mystical expression in works such as the Adoration of the Shepherds (1638; Grenoble); in this decade he was influenced by Ribera figural types and rapid brushwork. While in Seville, Zurbur??n was clearly influenced by Velazquez. After c.1640 the simple power of Zurbaran work lessened as Murillo influence on his painting increased (e.g., Virgin and Child with St. John, Fine Arts Gall., San Diego, Calif.). There are works by Zurbar??n in the Hispanic Society of America, New York City; the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art..
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Francisco de Zurbaran The Birth of the Virgin, oil


The Birth of the Virgin,
Painting ID::  61772 		The Birth of the Virgin,
The Birth of the Virgin, c. 1625?C1630, Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum
   
   
     
Francisco de Zurbaran Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth, oil


Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth,
Painting ID::  61773 		Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth,
Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth, c. 1631?C1640, Cleveland Museum of Art
   
   
     
Francisco de Zurbaran Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross oil


Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross
Painting ID::  61776 		Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross
Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross
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Francisco de Zurbaran Santa Isabel de Portugal oil


Santa Isabel de Portugal
Painting ID::  61777 		Santa Isabel de Portugal
Santa Isabel de Portugal
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Francisco de Zurbaran St Francis oil


St Francis
Painting ID::  61778 		St Francis
St Francis
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     1598-1664 Spanish Francisco de Zurbaran Galleries Spanish baroque painter, active mainly at Llerena, Madrid, and Seville. He worked mostly for ecclesiastical patrons. His early paintings, including Crucifixion (1627; Art Inst., Chicago), St. Michael (Metropolitan Mus.), and St. Francis (City Art Museum, St. Louis), often suggest the austere simplicity of wooden sculpture. The figures, placed close to the picture surface, are strongly modeled in dramatic light against dark backgrounds, indicating the influence of Caravaggio. They were clearly painted as altarpieces or devotional objects. In the 1630s the realistic style seen in his famous Apotheosis of St. Thomas Aquinas (1631; Seville) yields to a more mystical expression in works such as the Adoration of the Shepherds (1638; Grenoble); in this decade he was influenced by Ribera figural types and rapid brushwork. While in Seville, Zurbur??n was clearly influenced by Velazquez. After c.1640 the simple power of Zurbaran work lessened as Murillo influence on his painting increased (e.g., Virgin and Child with St. John, Fine Arts Gall., San Diego, Calif.). There are works by Zurbar??n in the Hispanic Society of America, New York City; the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art..

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