Baroque is a perspective on life and is, at the same time, its expression through art. The Seville school of this period is renowned for the genius of its artists, including Velázquez, Zurbarán, Murillo …

2. Baroque Masters
in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville
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3. Baroque is a perspective on life and is, at the same time, its expression through art.
The Seville school of this period is renowned for the genius of its artists,
including Velázquez, Zurbarán, Murillo …

4. Juan de Roelas
Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Alonso Cano
Francisco de Zurbarán

5. evident influence of Tintoretto
a typically counter-reform altar painting
a composition of great expressiveness and dynamism
Andrew crucified on a cross of the form called crux
decussata, X-shaped cross
the serenity that emanates from his figure contrasts
with the large group of characters who attend his
martyrdom
Martirio de San Andrés
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew the Apostle
Martyre de saint André
Juan de Roelas
1610

11. family atmosphere with friendly and elegant figures ...
Santa Ana enseñando a leer a la Virgen
Saint Anne teaching the Virgin to read
Sainte Anne enseigne à lire la Vierge
Juan de Roelas
1611

17. of a purely baroque grandeur ...
the Saint
with the symbols of their origin and martyrdom:
the crown and sceptre of a Visigoth king,
the chains and the axe of his martyrdom
Apoteosis de San Hermenegildo
Apotheosis of Saint Hermenegildo
Le Triomphe de Saint Herménégilde
Francisco de Herrera el Viejo
Francisco Herrera the Elder
Francisco de Herrera le Vieux
1619 - 1623

22. a posthumous portrait …
Sevillian priest, Saint Hermenegild's devotee
on high, the emblem of the Confraternity with the attributes
of the holy martyr: the crown, the axe, the palm and the cross
with a crown of roses
Retrato de Don Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera
Portrait of Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera
Portrait de Don Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
1619

27. As a noble courtier, Charles V made him custodian of the body of his
dead wife, the beautiful Empress Isabella, on the journey to Granada.
After seeing her, he declared
"I swear never again to serve a master who may die."
San Francisco de Borja
Saint Francis of Borgia
Saint François de Borgia
Alonso Cano
1623

28. a work influenced by Italian
"chiaroscuro" …
Francis Borgia portrayed as
a Jesuit holding a skull crowned
with an imperial diadem,
allusion to the vanity of life
and of its grandeurs
in the upper left area the
monogram of the Jesuits,
IHS with three nails
San Francisco de Borja
Saint Francis of Borgia
Saint François de Borgia
Alonso Cano
1623

31. a majestic composition ...
Thomas Aquinas ascending to heaven,
surrounded by four other Doctors of the Church
Apoteosis de Santo Tomás de Aquino
Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Triomphe de saint Thomas d'Aquin
Francisco de Zurbarán
1630

38. a German mystic ...
dressed in the habit of the Dominican order of monks,
he exposes a tattoo of the monogram of Christ on his chest
Beato Enrique Susón
Blessed Henry Suso
Bienheureux Henry Suso
Francisco de Zurbarán
1637 - 1639

43. a look that is lost in infinity …
Jesús crucificado expirante
Expiring crucified Jesus
Christ crucifié expirant
Francisco de Zurbarán
1630 - 1640

48. year 1084:
miracle in the Carthusian monastery in Grenoble
by after which the monks took the decision
to renounce the consumption of meat
San Hugo en el Refectorio
Saint Hugh in the Carthusian Refectory
Saint Hugues au réfectoire des Chartreux
Francisco de Zurbarán
1649 - 1659

49. Hugh, then bishop of Grenoble and his page
seven founding friars of the order presided
by Saint Bruno
and
ceramic jug, porcelain bowl, dishes of food
and loaves of bread as protagonists
of the composition
San Hugo en el Refectorio
Saint Hugh in the Carthusian Refectory
Saint Hugues au réfectoire des Chartreux
Francisco de Zurbarán
1649 - 1659

56. in line with the medieval model …
the Carthusian monks are protected
under the Virgin's cape
prayers appear at her feet in the form
of delicate flowers
Virgen de los Cartujos (La Virgen de las Cuevas)
Virgin of the Carthusians
Vierge des Chartreux
Francisco de Zurbarán
1649 - 1659

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Maestros del Barroco en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Baroque Masters in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville
Maîtres du baroque au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Séville
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