Bartolomé Esteban Murillo


Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Portrait
Name
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Life Dates
1618-1682
Country
Spain
Movement
Baroque Art

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Biography

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.


Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 61 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Bibliography

Paintings of Murillo in the Hermitage. Leningrad. 1969.

Spanish Painting in the Hermitahe. XVI-XVII centuries. Leningrad. 1970.

Murillo and His Time. by Ye. Vaganova. Moscow. 1988.

Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.

Bartolome Esteban Murillo 1617 to 1682: Paintings from American Collections by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt. Harry N Abrams, 2002.

Murillo: Scenes of Childhood by Peter Cherry. Merrell Holberton, 2001.

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