Where can you see Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables and The Holy Family with a Little Bird. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's most famous work in Madrid?

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, of about 1678, at the Museo del Prado. The Virgin in white and blue rising on a cloud of cherubs. Marshal Soult took it to France in the Napoleonic wars, and it came back to Spain in 1941.

When and where was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo born?

Late December 1617, at Seville, Spain. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo died on 3 April 1682, at Seville, aged about 65.

What is Bartolomé Esteban Murillo known for?

Painted the Immaculate Conception many times. His street children were collected across Europe. Spent almost his whole life in Seville. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter, of the Baroque.

Painter, 1617 to 1682

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

For two centuries Murillo was the most loved Spanish painter in Europe. The Prado shows why: his Virgins float on clouds of cherubs, and his Holy Family is a carpenter's household on an ordinary day.

Born: 1617, Seville, Spain
Died: 1682, Seville
Movement: Baroque
In Madrid: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in Madrid

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

Museo del Prado2 works

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables
about 1678
The Virgin in white and blue rising on a cloud of cherubs. Marshal Soult took it to France in the Napoleonic wars, and it came back to Spain in 1941.
The Holy Family with a Little Bird
about 1650
Saint Joseph holds the Christ Child, who shows a bird to a little white dog, while the Virgin looks up from her spinning.

The life of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was born in Seville at the end of 1617 and spent nearly all his life there, painting for its churches, convents and charities. He took his surname from his mother's family.

His soft colour and tenderness made him famous, and his pictures of beggar children and flower girls were bought all over Europe. He died in Seville in 1682, after a fall from scaffolding, it was said.

What to know

Painted the Immaculate Conception many times
His street children were collected across Europe
Spent almost his whole life in Seville

Born: Late December 1617, Seville, Spain
Died: 3 April 1682, Seville

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: common questions

Where can you see Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables and The Holy Family with a Little Bird. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's most famous work in Madrid?: The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, of about 1678, at the Museo del Prado. The Virgin in white and blue rising on a cloud of cherubs. Marshal Soult took it to France in the Napoleonic wars, and it came back to Spain in 1941.
When and where was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo born?: Late December 1617, at Seville, Spain. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo died on 3 April 1682, at Seville, aged about 65.
What is Bartolomé Esteban Murillo known for?: Painted the Immaculate Conception many times. His street children were collected across Europe. Spent almost his whole life in Seville. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter, of the Baroque.