A contemporary of Diego Velazquez, Zurbarán worked primarily for the Monastic institutions of Seville and was known for his religious depictions of Saints and Apostles. His work is characterized by a ...

Francisco de Zurbarán, “Zebulun” (1640–45), oil on canvas, 78 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches (© The Auckland Project/Zurbarán Trust, photo by Robert LaPrelle); Francisco de Zurbarán, “Asher” (1640–45), oil on ...

The fair’s second edition brought in more visitors and featured strong presentations especially by local artists and of textile works.

Francisco de Zurbarán (b. 1598). Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633. On view at the Norton Simon Museum. (Norton Simon Foundation) Warning: This ...

“Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose” is back at the Norton Simon Museum after a revealing conservation job. But you’d better be quick if you want to see its new look before the 1633 painting ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. ‘Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose’ is back at the Norton Simon ...

The Frick Collection has a surprise for us: a room-filling loan show of “Jacob and His Twelve Sons” (circa 1640-45), thirteen full-length, life-size imagined portraits, all but unknown in the United ...

A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) ...

Few artists captured the hushed solemnity and mystical fervor of Counter-Reformation Spain more powerfully than Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), a contemporary of the painter Diego Velázquez.

Francisco de Zurbarán is “the most Spanish” of the country’s great painters, “probably even more cherished than Velázquez,” says Guillermo Solana, the artistic director of Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza ...

The National Gallery will stage the first major UK exhibition devoted to Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) next spring, opening from 2 May to 23 August 2026. From Tracey Emin’s landmark retrospective ...