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The Holy Family with a Bird Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650
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The Holy Family with a Bird

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1650

Why it's great

Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus play with a pet bird and a little dog in a warm, homey scene. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted it in about 1650, and the family looks like a real Spanish family.

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📍 Museo del PradoMadrid, Spain

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About the artist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

1617–1682 · born in Seville

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1617. He painted soft, warm pictures of Mary and the saints and also lovely scenes of poor children in the street. He died in Seville in 1682.

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