Francisco de Zurbarán

1598–1664 · Baroque

Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish Baroque painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanish Caravaggio", owing to the forceful use of chiaroscuro in which he excelled.

40 paintings

• Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas (1638)
• The Crucifixion (1627)
• Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth (c. 1640)
• Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth (1630)
• Childhood of the Virgin (1658)
• Saint Bonaventure's Body Lying in State (1629)
• The Young Virgin (ca. 1632–33)
• The Crucifixion
• A Cup of Water and a Rose in a Plate of Silver (1630)
• Saint Francis in Meditation (1637)
• Saint Margaret of Antioch (1631)
• The Immaculate Conception with Saint Joachim and Saint Anne (1639)
• Saint Lucy (c. 1625/1630)
• Saint Jerome with Saint Paula and Saint Eustochium (c. 1640/1650)
• The Annunciation (1650)
• The Immaculate Conception (1630)
• Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1635)
• Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla (1634)
• The Immaculate Conception (1635)
• Hercules and the Cretan Bull (1634)
• Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar (1634)
• Hercules and Cerberus (1634)
• Hercules diverting the Course of the River Alpheus (1634)
• Hercules fighting with Antaeus (1634)
• Saint Euphemia (1637)
• Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Christ (1640)
• The Crucified Christ with a Donor (1640)
• Agnus Dei (1635)
• Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (1634)
• Hercules and the Hydra (1634)
• Hercules defeats King Geryon (1634)
• Fray Diego de Deza y Tavera arzobispo de Sevilla (1631)
• The Death of Hercules (1634)
• Saint Luke as a painter, before Christ on the Cross (1650)
• Apparition of the Apostle Peter to Saint Peter Nolasco (1629)
• The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco (1629)
• Madonna and Child (1658)
• The Infant Christ (1637)
• Saint Casilda (1635)
• Christ on the Cross (1630)