The Annunciation
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1700 - 1800
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
23; 3.7; 30.3; 1.8
About this artwork
De verkondiging aan Maria. Links de knielende Maria achter een lessenaar met boek, rechts de knielende engel met lelietak. Voorheen beschouwd als een voorstudie voor de voorstellingen te Amsterdam (SK-A-282) en Sevilla.
About the Artist
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1618–1682
Son of Gaspar Esteban, a barber-surgeon, and María Pérez. He was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up by his maternal uncle, who placed him as an apprentice with his relative Juan del Castillo, a painter in the Italian manner. He adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother, Elvira Murillo, and rarely signed or used that of his father. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Religious