Baroque is a perspective on life and is, at the same time, its expression through art. The Seville school of this period is renowned for the genius of its artists, including Velázquez, Zurbarán, Murillo …

2. Baroque Masters
in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville
(2)

3. Baroque is a perspective on life and is, at the same time, its expression through art.
The Seville school of this period is renowned for the genius of its artists,
including Velázquez, Zurbarán and Murillo …

4. Juan de Valdés Leal
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

5. baroque style full of expressive movement ...
the saint rejects the visions of temptation
that torment him during his penitence
with a theatrical gesture
the tense movement of his arms contrasts
with the spiral shape traced by the women’s
dresses
Tentaciones de San Jerónimo
Temptations of Saint Jerome
Tentations de Saint Jérôme
Juan de Valdés Leal
1656

12. a masterpiece ...
the Virgin is raised by angels from the sepulchre towards heaven
Asunción de la Virgen
The Assumption of the Virgin
Assomption de la Vierge
Juan de Valdés Leal
1669 - 1671

16. awaiting punishment
for having read Cicero's texts ...
dramatic intensity and vigorous chromaticism
Flagelación de San Jerónimo
Flagellation of Saint Jerome
Flagellation de Saint Jérôme
Juan de Valdés Leal
1657

21. a disturbing scene of great strength that
resides in the simplicity of its composition ...
the dark and threatening background of sky,
increases the sadness foreshadowed
by the dramatic final encounter
La Virgen con San Juan y las Marías camino del Calvario
Madonna with three Marias and Saint John on the Road
to the Calvary
La Vierge avec saint Jean et les trois Maries sur le chemin
du Calvaire
Juan de Valdés Leal
1657

26. typically baroque composition treated
with great delicacy and balance
a simple, deep and austere Capuchin devotion …
San Antonio de Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Antoine de Padoue
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1668 - 1669

32. a scene crowned by angels
and centered on the Child
contemplated by the Virgin, Joseph and two shepherds
La adoración de los pastores
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration des Bergers
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1667 - 1668

36. Mary triumphant and victorious over sin,
as she was depicted in sermons and piety popular of the time
Inmaculada con el Padre Eterno
Inmaculate Conception of the Eternal Pather
L’Immaculée Conception avec le Père Éternel
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1667 - 1668

42. the mother's pain for the punishment inflicted on her son ...
an intimate composition, which is unusual in Murillo's work
Dolorosa
Mater dolorosa
The Sorrowful Mother
Mère douloureuse
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1649 - 1669

46. a simple composition ...
two saints of delicate beauty
Santas Justa y Rufina
Saint Justa and Saint Rufine
Saintes Juste et Rufine
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1666

52. the Franciscan mystic Saint Bonaventure,
who was Cardinal and Bishop of Albano
prelate Saint Leander, who was Bishop of Seville
( … and a child who, with the miter of Saint Leander,
hides behind his cloak)
San Leandro y San Buenaventura
Saint Leander and Saint Bonaventure
Saint Léandre et Saint Bonaventure
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1664 - 1665

59. of great emotional intensity ...
play of lights and background with classic architecture
the saint and the sick and the beggars, in need of charity and protection
Santo Tomás de Villanueva dando limosnas
Saint Thomas of Villanueva giving alms to the poor
Saint Thomas de Villanueva donnant l'aumône aux pauvres
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1668

66. an iconic work of Spanish baroque ...
the charm of this wonderful composition
is due to Murillo's skill in moving
us to piety through everyday scene
Virgen con el Niño (Virgen de la servilleta)
Virgin with Child (Virgin of the Napkin)
Vierge à l'enfant (Vierge de la serviette)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1666

67. known as
the Virgin with the Napkin
due to the tradition
according to which Murillo
painted the image on a
napkin for the monk in
charge of the convent's
refectory
Virgen con el Niño (Virgen de la
servilleta)
Virgin with Child (Virgin of the
Napkin)
Vierge à l'enfant (Vierge de la
serviette)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1666

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Maestros del Barroco en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Baroque Masters in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville
Maîtres du baroque au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Séville
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