PAINTER

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 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 1,144,176 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is the 73rd most popular painter (up from 82nd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Spain (up from 54th 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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  • 3.44

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 73 out of 2,023. Before him are Georges Seurat, Henri Rousseau, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Piero della Francesca, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. After him are Ilya Repin, Francisco de Zurbarán, Cimabue, Gustave Doré, Diego Rivera, and François Boucher.

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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, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Yun Hyu. 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, Jacob Kettler, Johann Joachim Becher, Avvakum, Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, and Jean Picard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ranks 47 out of 3,355. Before him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Joan Fuster (1922), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Arcadius (377), and Roland (736). After him are Michael Servetus (1509), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), and John of the Cross (1542).

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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 Marià Fortuny (1838).

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