About this artwork
-
artist:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682) Spanish
-
title:Saint John the Baptist
-
date created:Unknown
-
materials:Chalk on paper
-
object type:
-
credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
-
accession number:D 1772
-
gallery:
Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? Tell us what you think.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Murillo became the most popular painter in his native Seville. His gentle, colourful interpretation of religious subjects, especially in large altarpieces and devotional images of the Virgin Mary, had widespread appeal. He also produced some fine portraits and scenes of everyday life which often...