Saturday, March 14, 2015

The Female Saints of Francisco de Zurbarán 1598–1664


Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Apolonia

Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), born at Fuente de Cantos & active mainly in Seville, devoted himself almost entirely to religious works. He worked for churches & monasteries over a wide area of southern Spain and his paintings were also exported to South America. His simple compositions & emotionally direct altarpieces, combining austere naturalism with mystical intensity, made him an ideal Counter-Reformation painter.


Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Casilda of Burgos



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Casilda. c 1630-1645



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Casilda



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Dorotea



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Dorothea



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Eufemia



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Isabel



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Margaret. c 1630-1635



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Marina



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Eulalia



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Rufina. Early 1630s



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Ursula



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Santa Lucia 1625



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Santa Lucia 1633



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Agatha



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Ursula



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Lucy



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Mathilda



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Barbe



Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Ines


Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Catherine of Alexandria


Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Engracia


Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish painter, 1598–1664) Saint Engracia