Search results
Francisco de Zurbarán (/ ˌ z ʊər b ə ˈ r ɑː n / ZOOR-bə-RAHN, Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ðe θuɾβaˈɾan]; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes.
Francisco de Zurbarán (baptized November 7, 1598 – August 27, 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname Spanish Caravaggio, owing to the forceful, realistic use of chiaroscuro in which he excelled.
Francisco de Zurbarán (baptized November 7, 1598, Fuente de Cantos, Spain—died August 27, 1664, Madrid) was a major painter of the Spanish Baroque who is especially noted for religious subjects.
Francisco de Zurbarán. 1598 - 1664. Between the departure of Velázquez to Madrid in 1623 and the rise to prominence of Murillo in the 1650s, Zurbarán was the leading painter in Seville. His pictures were mostly painted for Spanish religious orders.
Spanish Artist. Born: November 7, 1598 - Fuente de Cantos, Spain. Died: August 27, 1664 - Madrid, Spain. Movements and Styles: Baroque Art and Architecture. "His simplicity, his calmness, the astonishing 'silence' emanating from his paintings make him one of the greatest and most moving masters of the Spanish Golden Age." 1 of 3.
Zurbarán, Francisco de. Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz (Spain), 1598 - Madrid (Spain), 1664. He learned art in Seville with Pedro Díaz de Villanueva (1614), but was undoubtedly friendly with Pacheco and Velázquez as well.
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) was, after Velázquez, the greatest painter of the Golden Age in Spain. He may also be considered the most representative artist of the period, since he did not, like Velázquez, work at the court in Madrid, but for ecclesiastical—primarily monastic—patrons in southern Spain.
