Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618 - 1682)
Nationality: Spanish
Movement: Spanish School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Briefly trained by Juan de Castillo, Bartolome Esteban Murillo made his early living by selling poorly executed religious painting at public fairs. In 1648, he moved to Madrid and met Velazquez, who introduced his work to the Spanish royal court. He began painting Franciscan saints for the monastery in Seville, and later produced genre paintings of the poor and homeless. In 1660 he co-founded the Seville Academy and was its first president. Murillo died from a fall while painting an altarpiece in 1682.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Crucifixion Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682)Oil on canvas; 20 x 13 in. (50.8 x
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Title: Penitent Magdelene Date: about 1660 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, probably ca. 1665-72 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682)Oil
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Virgin and Child, ca. 1670-72 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682)Oil on canvas; 65 1/4 x
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Christ Child as the Good Shepherd
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Young John the Baptist; History Scene
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Knight of Alcántara or Calatrava, ca. 1650-55 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682)Oil on canvas;
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Don Alonso Miguel De Tobar (or Tovar), Bartolome Esteban Murillo...fourteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]), 17th - 18th century
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Penitent Magdalene c. 1650-65 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Immaculate Conception 1670-80 oil on canvas Dayton Arts Institute Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Two Women at a Window c. 1655-1660 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Return of the Prodigal Son 1667-1670 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Immaculate Conception 1670's oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Flight into Egypt c. 1647-50 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Four Figures on a Step c. 1655-60 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum Spanish
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Bartolome-Esteban Murillo - Christ after the Flagellation n.d. oil on canvas Krannert Art Museum Spanish
Museum of Fine Arts -
School of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish, 1617-1682 Crucifixion undated Pen and brown ink with brush
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Bartolome-Esteban Murillo - The Birth of St. John the Baptist c. 1655 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Vision of Fray Lauterio n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine 1680-1682 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Laban Searching for His Stolen Goods c. 1665-70 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - St. John the Baptist with the Scribes and Pharisees c. 1650 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Blessed Giles Levitating before Pope Gregory IX c. 1645-46 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Spanish
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - St. Thomas of Villanueva Dividing His Clothes Among Beggar Boys c. 1667 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum Spanish
Museum of Fine Arts -
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish, 1617-1682 A Scene from the Life of St. Francis Solano (recto);
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: John Frederick Lewis, R.A. Title: Murillo Painting the Virgin in the Franciscan Convent at
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, San Francisco De Paula...ninth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]), 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, San Juan Bautista Nino...eleventh plate in the book...El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]), 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, Sacra Familia (Sacred Family)...thirteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]), 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, Le Mendiant (The Beggar)...thirty secondplate in the book... [Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l"Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847), 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, Martyre De St. Pierre..twenty fourth plate in the book... [Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l"Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847), 17th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 17th century School of Bartolomé Carducho, Spanish, born in Florence, about 1560-1608
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, El Nino Jesus,Divino Pastor...(Baby Jesus, the divine shepherd)...twelfth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]), 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ-Estaban Murillo, La Concepcion. La Virgen Entre Nubes Acompanada De Angeles...(Tha Nubile Virgin In The Company Of Angels )...tenth plate in the book...El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1
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Batolome Esteban Murillo - Vision of St. Anthony of Padua 1650-1670 oil on panel Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Spanish
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Francisco de Goya - Bartolome Sureda y Miserol c. 1803-1804 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Edward Seriven, Murillo, 18th - 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
BartolomÈ Vazquez, La Pastorcila, 18th - 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Antonio Perfetti, Madonna & Child, after Murillo, 19th century
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BartolomÈ Vazquez, IESUS NI—O PASTOR (Jesus, the Boy Shepherd), 1785

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Museo del Prado: The Spanish Portrait from El Greco to Picasso
Over the course of three and a half months and through a selection of 84 works, the exhibition devoted to the Spanish portrait will present a survey of the development of this genre in Spanish art from the late fifteenth century to the ea...
J.P. Getty Museum: Exhibition of Rare Spanish Drawings to Open
The installation’s 29 drawings are grouped geographically to illustrate how Spanish artists responded to various foreign influences and incorporated them to produce distinctive regional styles....
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting
As the title indicates, at the core of the exhibition will be the "Spanish" work of Edouard Manet, whose career thoroughly reveals the importance of Spanish painting by the middle of the 19th century. Manet/Velázquez will feature more paintings by...
Museo del Prado: Manet at the Prado
The latter two institutions recently held the exhibition "Manet-Velázquez: the French Taste for Spanish Painting", but in the present case, the Prado will be focusing exclusively on the work of Manet with the intention of exploring the achievement...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...

Further Artwork and Information:

WebMuseum: Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Online
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Olgas Gallery
MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO - Biography
CGFA- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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