Several works:

• Christ en croix mourant - Chicago, Art Institute
• Exposition du corps de saint Bonaventure -Paris, Louvre Museum
• L'atelier de Nazareth- Cleveland, Museum of Art
• Saint Casilde - Madrid, Prado Museum
• Hercule et le lion de Némée - Madrid, Prado Museum
• Saint François en prière - London, National Gallery
• Le bienheureux Sérapion - Hartford, Conn., Wadsworth Museum
• Apparition de saint Pierre crucifié à saint Pierre Nolasque
• Nature Morte

Francisco de Zurbarán

Born in Spain, at Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz. A little known, secretive artist who left us neither a self-portrait nor any correspondence. His works were scattered upon the Napoleonic invasion, and his series were dismantled upon the closing of the convents. Only the Jeronymite monastery at Guadalupe (Estremadura) managed to hold on to his works. He worked in Seville, under the wing of Pedro Diaz de Villanevra. His 1627 "Christ" (Chicago, Art Institute) was widely acclaimed by the Sevillians, thus establishing a solid reputation.
In 1634, he took up residence in Madrid, where he worked with Velasquez in decorating the new royal palace - Buen Retiro in Madrid - with a series of paintings. He was named official painter to the king. Upon returning to Seville, he encountered great jealousy and animosity from his fellow painters. Commissions slowed down... There is no denying that tastes were changing, and that now Murillo was finding favor with the public. Thereupon, he began working for the Spanish colonies, especially Peru (Lima) through members of his second wife's family.