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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

106 works

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Painting of a smiling boy in a brown vest holding a woven basket, with a spotted dog at his side.

Boy with a dog

1655

Painting of the Virgin in white and blue rising on clouds above cherubs holding lilies and a palm frond.

The Aranjuez Immaculate Conception

1675

Angel kneeling to present a white lily to a kneeling woman in a dark green mantle, with cherubs and a dove above.

The Annunciation

1650

Painting of a half-nude bearded saint with a halo reading a large open book beside a crucifix in a dark cave.

The penitent Saint Jerome

1650

Kneeling bearded old man in prayer in a dark cave, with a skull, books, quill and red cardinal's hat in the foreground.

The Penintent Saint Jerome

1650

Painting of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon, hands on chest, gazing upward among cherub heads against gold sky.

The Immaculate Conception

1665

Kneeling man raising his arm toward a stormy sky beside a ruined wall, with dark pigs feeding from a trough nearby.

The Prodigal Son among the Pigs

1660

Painting of a bearded man with a crown of thorns, head bowed, wearing a red cloak against a dark background.

Ecce Homo

1660

Painting of women at a stone well as a man in yellow robes leans in to drink, with a camel caravan in the distance.

Rebecca and Eliezer

1660

Painting of the Holy Family in a dim interior: a child holding up a bird, a man seated, a woman spinning, and a white dog.

The Holy Family with a Bird

1650

Painting of a fallen rider and white horse beneath a glowing Christ holding a cross, with startled soldiers in shadow.

Conversion of Saint Paul

1675

Painting of a curly-haired boy with a halo seated beside a white sheep, holding a shepherd's crook in a landscape.

The Good Shepherd

1660

Older woman in veil guides a young girl reading an open book, with two cherubs holding a flower wreath above.

Saint Anne teaching the Virgin to read

1655

Bearded bishop in embroidered vestments looks up between a crucified Christ and the Virgin, surrounded by cherubs.

Saint Augustine between Christ and the Virgin

1664

Painting of a bearded man with a walking staff, red cloak, scallop shell and open book against a dark background.

The Apostle James

1655

Painting of an old bearded man at a table receiving money from a young man, with two women watching in a dim interior.

The Prodigal Son receiving his Inheritance

1660

Painting of a young boy with a lamb and cross staff, gazing upward under a shaft of light in a rocky landscape.

The Infant Saint John the Baptist

1670

Painting of a young man in a plumed hat feasting at a draped table with two women, servants and a dog, garden view at right.

The Prodigal Son squandering his Inheritance

1660

Oil sketch of a horseman in a red cloak leaving a group of onlookers at a doorway, with pack animals in the distance.

The Prodigal Son taking leave of his Home

1660

Painting of a sorrowful woman in a dark veil and white headscarf, eyes lifted and tearful, against a dark background.

Mater Dolorosa

1660

Painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue robes holding the infant Christ, who wears a halo, against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

1655

Painting of a friar in brown robes embracing the nude figure of Christ on a cross, with a cherub holding a book.

Saint Francis embracing Christ on the cross

Painting of the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary, with lilies, a dove and cherubs in a golden sky.

Annunciation to the Virgin

1660 - 1680

Painting of Christ on the cross against a dark sky, with a skull at the base and a white loincloth.

Christ crucified

1677

Painting of Saint John the Baptist pouring water on Christ in a river while a dove descends above in golden light.

The Baptism of Christ

1655

Self-portrait of a man in black with a lace collar, hand on an oval frame, with painter's palette and brushes beside him.

Self-portrait

1668

Christ gestures toward a reclining paralytic man as robed followers watch, with an angel above and sick people by a pool.

Christ healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda

1667

Painting of four figures on a step: a smiling youth in a hat, a veiled woman, an older woman in spectacles, and a sleeping ch

Four Figures on a Step

1655

Painting of a smiling girl in a white turban holding an orange shawl filled with pink and white flowers.

The Flower Girl

1665

Two ragged boys eat grapes and melon beside a basket of fruit in a dark interior.

Grape and Melon Eaters

1650

Two women at an open window: an older woman with a white cloth over her face and a younger woman smiling, chin on hand.

Two Women at a Window

c. 1655/1660

Painting of an elderly father embracing a kneeling young man on steps, with a servant carrying garments and onlookers nearby.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

1667/1670