At an early age, Zurbaráns' talents showed during his training with the painter Pedromadura Dias de Villanueva in Seville. He financed his living with religious orders and became a painter of Seville. Even after his appointment as royal court painter, Zurbarán remained a painter of silence, who designed his profound works without drama.
No excitement arises from his pictures, no thoughtless movement of the figure personnel is to be discovered. Sacred seriousness, asceticism and a high degree of spirituality characterize his religious works, in keeping with the philosophy of life of the Dominican monks, in which the painter was contracted to produce 21 paintings. Connected in lifelong friendship with
Diego Velázquez , he never reached its fame, remained silent as an artist in the background. Confident and calm, just like the pious, awesome women and holy men in his works.
But just this silence casts a spell over the viewer. He spreads his "
Agnus Dei ", the Lamb of God, in the picture as if it had just been laid there. The warmth of the dying body is still palpable, and one wishes to reach out to caress the soft curls of the soft fur and pay tribute to the poor bound creature.
Far too late, the work of the naturalistic artist was honored when the still life painters Jean Siméon Chardin or Giorgio Morandi Zurbarán declared their teacher.
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 in the Refectory of the Carthusians 1633 - (MeisterDrucke-162592).jpg "St. Hugh of Cluny (1024-1109) in the Refectory of the Carthusians, 1633 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Supper at Emmaus, 1639 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Agnus Dei by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "The Apparition of the Virgin to the Monk of Soriano by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "St. Lawrence by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Saint Francis of Assisi according to Pope Nicholas Vs Vision by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Angels: Detail from The Apotheosis of St. Jerome, c.1638-39 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
 1629 - (MeisterDrucke-96780).jpg "Appearance of St. Peter to St. Peter Nolasco (1182-1256) 1629 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
 at the Council of Lyons in 1274 1627 - (MeisterDrucke-190941).jpg "St. Bonaventure (1221-74) at the Council of Lyons in 1274, 1627 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Hercules Fighting with the Lernaean Hydra, c.1634 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Tears of St Peter by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Hercules Changing the Course of the River Alpheus by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "The holy Face by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Virgin of the Misericordia Sheltering the Carthusians, c.1629 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Hercules and the Cretan Bull by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Flowers by Francisco de Zurbaran")
 and Pope Urban II (c1035-99) 1630-35 - (MeisterDrucke-93466).jpg "St. Bruno (1030-1101) and Pope Urban II (c.1035-99) 1630-35 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "St. Euphemia by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Father Gonzalo de Illescos by Francisco de Zurbaran")
 after 1627 - (MeisterDrucke-51740).jpg "The Exhibition of the Body of St. Bonaventure (1221-74) after 1627 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "The Holy Family, detail of the Virgin Offering Fruit to the Christ Child by Francisco de Zurbaran")
 (detail of 221122) - (MeisterDrucke-73738).jpg "Brother Pedro Machado (d.1604) (detail of 221122) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
.jpg "Still Life with Glass, Fruit, and Jar by Francisco de Zurbaran")
