Zurbarán's talent became apparent early on during his training with the painter Pedromadura Dias de Villanueva in Seville. He financed his living with ecclesiastical commissions and became the city painter of Seville.
Even after his appointment as royal court painter, Zurbarán remained a painter of tranquility, shaping his profound works without drama.
No excitement springs from his paintings, no careless movement of the figure personnel is to be discovered. Holy seriousness, asceticism and a high degree of spirituality characterize his religious works, in line with the philosophy of life of the Dominican monks, with whom the painter was under contract for the production of 21 paintings.
In lifelong friendship with Diego Velázquez connected, he never reached its fame, remained as an artist quietly in the background. Assiduous and unagitated, much like the pious, reverent women and holy men in his works.
But it is precisely this silence that draws the viewer under its spell. 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 wants to reach out to stroke the delicate curls of soft fur and pay one's last respects to the poor fettered creature.
Much too late the work of the naturalistic artist was appreciated, when the still life painters Jean Siméon Chardin or Giorgio Morandi declared Zurbarán their master.
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.jpg "A Cup of Water and a Rose, c.1630 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "St. Francis Contemplating a Skull by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Immaculate Conception, c.1630-35 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-988822).jpg "Christ crowning Saint Joseph. Painting by Francisco de Zurbaran, oil on canvas, circa 1640. Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, Spain by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_(or_St_Cassilda_of_Burgos_-_(MeisterDrucke-946452).jpg "Representation of St. Elizabeth of Portugal (or St. Cassilda of Burgos) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Veil of Saint Veronica by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_Oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-948701).jpg "The Childhood of the Virgin, by Francisco de Zurbaran by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Painted Battles for Buen Retiro: Cadiz")
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.jpg "St. Francis of Assisi, or The Miracle of the Roses by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Defense of Cadiz against the English by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Agatha by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Hercules and Cerberus by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_After_having_had_a_vision_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-960313).jpg "The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasque by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_against_the_English_The_English_troops_seized_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022792).jpg "The defence of Cadiz against the English. The English troops seized the Tower of Cadiz on 1 November 1625 in order to intercept gold and silver from America. The seated character is Fernando Giron, governor of the city by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_Spanish_Dominican_monk_and_Inquisitor_-_(MeisterDrucke-977754).jpg "Portrait of Diego Deza, Spanish Dominican monk and Inquisitor by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1439289).jpg "Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1045126).jpg "Saint Francis Xavier by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Peter of Alcantara by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Crucifixion and Painter (Self-portrait of the Artist as Saint Luke) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Flight into Egypt, late 1630s by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Still Life with Glass, Fruit, and Jar by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Devout John Houghton by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Immaculate Conception with Saint Joachim and Saint Anne by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Margaret of Antioch by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_17th_century_-_(MeisterDrucke-983903).jpg "The Immaculate Conception. Design by Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664) 17th century. St. John the Baptist Church, Marchena by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Birth of the Virgin by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340448).jpg "Saint Hugues de Grenoble by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_17th_ce_-_(MeisterDrucke-961242).jpg "Adoration of the Shepherds by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_1633_Sun_46x8_-_(MeisterDrucke-947562).jpg "Still Life Jugs, Pots by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "St. Margaret of Antioch by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Veil of Saint Veronica, The Holy Face by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Matthew and the Angel by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Fray Gonzalo de Illescas, Bishop of Córdoba by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Priest Cabanuelas of Toledo Celebrating Holy Mass in 1420 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Hercules Fighting with the Lernaean Hydra, c.1634 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Virgin with the Child Jesus and Young Saint John the Baptist by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Vision of Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Immaculate Conception by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-984511).jpg "Portrait of Father Jeronimo Perez by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_and_Sixtus_IV_(1414-1484)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1419004).jpg "Saint Francis of Assisi. Popes Nicholas V and Sixtus IV, having visited the funerary crypt of Saint Francis in Assisi, recounted having found the body of the saint not altered by time, standing, with eyes lifted up to heaven by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Paintings for San Pablo El Real in Seville: Saint Ambrose by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Francis of Assisi after the Vision of Pope Nicholas V by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Annunciation by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1631338).jpg "Saint Luke as a Painter Before Christ on the Cross by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Holy Family (detail) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Portrait of Monk Mercedaire, Spanish Religious Order by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "St. Anthony Dispirited by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Tears of St Peter by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Miracle of St Hugh in the Refectory of the Monastery of the Carthusians (detail) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Bonaventure")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Hugues (detail) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Vision of Blessed Alonso Rodríguez by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Virgin of the Misericordia Sheltering the Carthusians, c.1629 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Vision of St. Peter Nolasco by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Portrait of Beato Nicolas Albergati by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Paintings for the Mayor de Santo Tomas College in Seville: Apotheosis of St. Thomas of Aquinas or Apotheosis of St. Thomas Aquinas with the Doctors of the Church by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422172).jpg "St. Francis of Assisi by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Defense of Cadiz against the English, 1625, 1634-1635 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Lucy, c. 1625-1630 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Still Life with Four Vessels by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Immaculate Conception by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Dorothy by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth, c. 1640 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Lucy, c.1625-1630 by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Hercules Changing the Course of the River Alpheus by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Young Virgin by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_Oil_On_C_-_(MeisterDrucke-943044).jpg "The Child Has the Spine (circa 1630) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The Blessed Henry Suso by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Still Life (detail) by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1170674).jpg "The Flight into Egypt by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "The surrender of Seville before Ferdinand III King of Castile and Leon by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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.jpg "Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple by Francisco de Zurbaran")
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