Where can you see Francisco de Zurbarán in Barcelona?

At the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: Saint Francis of Assisi according to Pope Nicholas V's Vision and Still Life with Four Vessels. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Francisco de Zurbarán's most famous work in Barcelona?

Saint Francis of Assisi according to Pope Nicholas V's Vision, of about 1640, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The saint standing in his hooded habit, eyes raised, as the pope was said to have found his body, upright and uncorrupted, when the tomb was opened.

When and where was Francisco de Zurbarán born?

Baptised 7 November 1598, at Fuente de Cantos, Spain. Francisco de Zurbarán died on 27 August 1664, at Madrid, aged about 66.

What is Francisco de Zurbarán known for?

Known as the Spanish Caravaggio. Painted whole cycles for the monasteries of Seville. Died in Madrid, where he had gone to seek work at court. Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter, of the Baroque.

Painter, 1598 to 1664

Francisco de Zurbarán

The MNAC has Zurbarán at his most severe and at his most quiet: Saint Francis upright in his tomb, as Pope Nicholas V was said to have found him, and four jars and cups set in a row on a ledge.

Born: 1598, Fuente de Cantos, Spain
Died: 1664, Madrid
Movement: Baroque
In Barcelona: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Francisco de Zurbarán in Barcelona

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya2 works

Saint Francis of Assisi according to Pope Nicholas V's Vision
about 1640
The saint standing in his hooded habit, eyes raised, as the pope was said to have found his body, upright and uncorrupted, when the tomb was opened.
Still Life with Four Vessels
about 1635
Four cups and jars in a row on a ledge, against black. The Prado has another version of the same picture.

The life of Francisco de Zurbarán

Francisco de Zurbarán was born in Extremadura in 1598 and trained in Seville, where the religious orders gave him his great commissions: whole cycles of saints and friars for their monasteries.

He was called the Spanish Caravaggio for his strong light and shadow. In his last years his style fell out of favour in Seville, and he moved to Madrid, where he died in 1664.

What to know

Known as the Spanish Caravaggio
Painted whole cycles for the monasteries of Seville
Died in Madrid, where he had gone to seek work at court

Born: Baptised 7 November 1598, Fuente de Cantos, Spain
Died: 27 August 1664, Madrid