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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

1617 - 1682

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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme esˈteβam muˈɾiʎo]; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618 – April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children. These lively realistic portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and appealing record of the everyday life of his times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo has received more than 1,107,340 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is the 82nd most popular painter (down from 81st in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Spain (down from 49th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Painter.

Murillo is most famous for his paintings of religious scenes, especially the Immaculate Conception.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 82 out of 1,421. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, François Boucher, Lili Elbe, Honoré Daumier, Paul Signac, and Fra Angelico. After him are Cimabue, Francisco de Zurbarán, Paolo Uccello, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Berthe Morisot, and Jean-Antoine Watteau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 1. After him are 5th Dalai Lama, Gerard ter Borch, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Leopoldo de' Medici, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Yun Hyu, and John Michael Wright. Among people deceased in 1682, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 1. After him are Claude Lorrain, Feodor III of Russia, 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Jacob van Ruisdael, Johann Joachim Becher, Jacob Kettler, Alessandro Stradella, Avvakum, Baldassare Longhena, and Thomas Browne.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 54 out of 2,932. Before him are Lope de Vega (1562), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), John of the Cross (1542), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), and Quintilian (35). After him are Ramon Llull (1232), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Michael Servetus (1509), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), and Jusepe de Ribera (1591).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 6. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), and Joan Miró (1893). After him are Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Josefa de Óbidos (1630).

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