The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1660
Why it's great
Mary floats up on a cloud with a crescent moon at her feet, surrounded by cherubs and clouds. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted it in about 1660, and it is one of his many versions of this subject.
Where to see it
📍 Antiguo Hospital de Venerables SacerdotesSeville, Spain
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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.
