Murillo Bartolome

The artist’s small genre paintings on the other hand reveal his many-sided talent. On them you will not find any richly dressed Spanish grandees, nor inspired and sublime images of

In the Hermitage there is a painting by the Spanish artist Esteban Murillo “The Dream of Jacob”, in which the fabulousness and magic of Jacob’s dream are conveyed. It seems

A wonderful and joyful genre portrait, sometimes also called “The Boy in the Window”. It seems that it is made literally in one breath, in an easy sketchy manner. Here,

A special place in the work of Murillo occupy the images of children, they enjoyed the greatest success. The little Christ is beautifully painted in the painting The Good Shepherd,

Smile cause genre scenes of the artist. The clothes of the family, besides the little beggar on the woman’s lap, speak of some wealth. The smiling young man holding his

This painting is one of the typical baroque images of saints, in a variety written by the artist in his life. But the canvas is a little surprising with its

Murillo’s preserved drawings allow us to say that he was an excellent draftsman. The fact that he took the art of drawing with all seriousness is also confirmed by the

In the 1670s, the image of the Virgin Mary in the work of Murillo loses warmth, becomes “generalized theological.” The artist now shows the Mother of God, not as before

The largest painter of the Spanish art school of the second half of the XVII century. – Bartolome Esteban Murillo. Murillo early began to study painting. His first teacher, Juan

This work is one of 11 paintings showing the history of the mendicant order of the Franciscans. All pictures of the cycle illustrate amazing episodes from the life of Franciscans.

St. Justina and St. Rufina are two sisters who lived in Seville, St. martyrs, the patron saint of Seville. According to legend, they were engaged in pottery. When they refused

This small canvas belongs to the category of genre paintings by the great artist. It is quite different from its somewhat pretentious and mannered works in the Baroque style, created

This picture is a vivid example of how the artist “wrote” an anachronism in the biblical story. Madonna is depicted on a canvas with rosary beads – a typical attribute

Genre scenes occupy a large place in the work of Murillo. The artist has created a whole series of paintings, with good-natured humor depicting the life of the Seville rags.

Genre scene – two boys playing. Only a lamb and a cross in the hands of one of them, suggests that it is the Infant Christ giving the child to

Without a doubt, Murillo could, like Velasquez, become a brilliant portrait painter. Confirmation of this we find in his self-portrait, dated 1672-75 years, where he proved himself an outstanding master

In 1682, Murillo, who had not left Seville since his trip to Madrid, came to Cadiz to perform for the local Capuchin monastery the large altar painting “The Engagement of

This work is one of 11 paintings showing the history of the mendicant order of the Franciscans. All pictures of the cycle illustrate amazing episodes from the life of Franciscans.

In this surprisingly warm composition, there is nothing supernatural, mystical. Before us is just an idyllic scene from the life of a Spanish family. The baby holds in his hand

In this lively coupling, similar to a snapshot, Murillo showed himself attentive and – perhaps more importantly – able to rejoice at a small observer. Before us are two very

When Mary was three or four years old, St. Anna, fulfilling her promise, gave her to the temple so that she would begin to serve the Lord. Legend has it