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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) Biography Page One || 1-31 || 32-61 ||

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            Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was the youngest of fourteen children of a Sevillian barber, Gaspar Esteban, and his wife Maria Peres. In 1627, his father died, a year later he lost his mother. Murillo’s elder sisters and brothers were already grown up and could take care of themselves, while the 10 year old Bartolomé was adopted into the family of his aunt, married to a wealthy Sevillian doctor.
            Murillo was apprenticed early to a painter Juan del Castillo (1584-1640). When, in 1639, Castillo left Seville for Cadiz, Murillo did not enter any workshop of a known artist, as it was the traditional way of all the beginners, but preferred to stay independent. It is said that to gain a living Murillo started to make sargas - cheap paintings on rough canvas sold at country fairs, and shipped to America by traders. Obviously his paintings appealed to the taste of the public, besides they revealed a certain talent of the young man. Continued...

	Old Woman with a Distaff. c. 1642. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	Vision to St. Francis. 1645-1646. Oil on canvas.  San Fernando Academy, Madrid, Spain. More.
	St. Diego Giving Alms. 1645-46. Oil on canvas. San Fernando Academy, Madrid, Spain. More.
	La Cuisine des Anges. 1646. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. More.
	La Cuisine des Anges. Detail. 1646. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. More.
	St. Rodriguez. c. 1646-1655. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany. More.
	The Beggar Boy. c. 1650. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
	Grape and Melon Eaters. c. 1650. Oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
	A Boy with a Dog. 1650s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	The Holy Family with a Little Bird. c.1650. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	The Baptism of Christ. c. 1655. Oil on canvas. Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. More.
	St. Leander. 1655. Oil on canvas. Cathedral, Sevilla, Spain. More.
	St. Isidor. 1655. Oil on canvas. Cathedral, Sevilla, Spain. More.
	Portrait of Andres de Andrade-i-la Col. 1656-1660. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
	Madonna in the Clouds. 1656-1660. Oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
	Chasuble of St. Ildefonso. 1658-1660. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. More.
	The Good Shepherd. c. 1660. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	Annunciation. c.1660-65. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. More.
The Story of the Prodigal Son.
	The Prodigal Son Receiving His Portion of Inheritance. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Departure of the Prodigal Son. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Prodigal Son Feasting with Courtesans. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Prodigal Son Driven Out. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Prodigal Son Feeding Swine. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Return of the Prodigal Son. 1660s. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Dream of the Patrician. c. 1662-1665. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. More.
	The Dream of the Patrician. Detail. c. 1662-1665. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	The Patrician Juan and His Wife Reveal His Dream to Pope Liberius. c. 1662-1665. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. More.
	The Pie Eater. c. 1662-1672. Oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
	Isaac Blessing Jacob. 1665-70. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. More.
	Childhood of Virgin. c. 1665. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. More.
	Joseph with Infant Christ. 1665-1666. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Sevilla, Spain. More.