Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms is an oil on canvas painting by Murillo, created c. 1668, originally produced for the Capuchin monastery in Seville and now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. [1] [2]
Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms is an oil on canvas painting by Murillo, created c. 1668, originally produced for the Capuchin monastery in Seville and now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. [1] [2]
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 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. These lively realistic portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and appealing record of the everyday life of his times. He also painted two self-portraits, one in the Frick Collection portraying him in his 30s, and one in London's National Gallery portraying him about 20 years later. In 2017–18, the two museums held an exhibition of them.
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The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville is a museum in Seville, Spain, a collection of mainly Spanish visual arts from the medieval period to the early 20th century, including a choice selection of works by artists from the so-called Golden Age of Sevillian painting during the 17th century, such as Murillo, Zurbarán, Francisco de Herrera the younger, and Valdés Leal.
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Saint Peter Nolasco's Vision of Saint Peter the Apostle is a 1629 painting by Francisco de Zurbarán, now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. It is signed at the bottom FRANCISCUS Đ ZURBARAN/ FACIEBAT. 1629..
Saint Justa and Saint Rufina is an oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, created c. 1666, now held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville.
Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross or Allegory of Saint Francis' Renunciation of the Material World to Follow Jesus is an oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, created in 1668-1669, now held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville.
Saint Anthony with the Christ Child refers to two paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, dating to 1665-1666 and 1668-1669 and both now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville
The Angels' Kitchen is a 1646 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, originally produced for a small Franciscan monastery in the artist's native Seville. From at least 1810 it was in the Alcázar of Seville, before being looted by Marshal Soult, arriving in his collection in Paris in 1813. The French state bought it in the sale of Soult's collection in 1858 and it has hung in the Louvre, in Paris, ever since.
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