BARTOLOMÉ
ESTEBAN
MURILLO
Boys Eating Grapes And Melons, 1645 - 1646 |
A journey to Madrid in
about 1643 enabled Murillo to study the Venetian and
Flemish paintings forming part of the royal
collections. Otherwise, he remained permanently in
Seville, his native city, and his life was a simple
one, free of serious problems. By 1645 his style had
hardened in its final mold, as may be seen in the
paintings executed about this time for the
Franciscans, with the first of those figures of
rascals and beggars in which he was to specialize.
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