Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Baroque
Date and Place of Birth:
November 7, 1598, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz Province, Spain
Life:
Francisco de Zurbar¨¢n, of Basque origin, is yet another of those artists whose works were relatively unknown (in this case, outside of his native Spain) until recent times...which has made his collectors happy collectors, indeed. He worked in oils and was clearly, at some point, acquainted with the works of Michelangelo. Zurbar¨¢n is best known for his religious themes, though he also painted still-lifes and, for a few years, court portraits in Madrid.
Important Works:
The Apostle St. Andrew, 1631
Still Life with Oranges, Lemons and Rose, 1633
Rest on the Flight to Egypt, 1659
St. Francis, ca. 1660
Date and Place of Death:
August 27, 1664, Madrid, Spain |
