Masterpieces in Colour
This greatly admired canvas is one of the painter's many studies of a familiar subject. There are more than a dozen pictures of the Immaculate Conception whose authenticity is undisputed, and there are many others on offer in Spain, clever and sometimes old imitations of the m...
This greatly admired canvas is one of the painter's many studies of a familiar subject. There are more than a dozen pictures of the Immaculate Conception whose authenticity is u...
2. Part 2The painter's studio was now thronged with the _élite_ of Seville, by the crowds that muster when genius has been acclaimed by responsible parties and they need have no fear of...
3. Part 3Murillo must have loved little children; he is never so happy and free from his besetting sin of posing figures stiffly as when he turns for inspiration to the little ones. We h...