Historical Figure
Francisco de Zurbarán
1598–1664
Spanish painter (1598–1664)
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Biography
Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanish Caravaggio", owing to the forceful use of chiaroscuro in which he excelled.
Timeline
The story of Francisco de Zurbarán, told in moments.
Signed a contract to paint 21 canvases for the Dominican monastery of San Pablo el Real in Seville. He was 27. The commission made his name.
Summoned to Madrid by Philip IV to paint the Hall of Realms in the Buen Retiro palace. Worked alongside Velazquez, who got the better wall.
His Spanish commissions dried up. He pivoted to the colonial market, shipping paintings in bulk to Peru and New Spain. Many survive in South American churches.
Artifacts (15)
Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo
Francisco de Zurbarán
Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)
first colonel, Pétain, taught (him) the Art of Command
giment at Arras on 25 June 1911; a young lieutenant, Charles de Gaulle, who served under him, later wrote that his "first colonel, Pétain, taught (him) the Art of Command". In the spring of 1914, he...
the Germans will beat the English in open country, then they'll beat us as well
tain say "les Allemands battront les Anglais en rase campagne, après quoi ils nous battront aussi" ("the Germans will beat the English in open country, then they'll beat us as well"). He reported this...
totally new kind of army. Only 20 infantry divisions would be maintained on a st...
to which Pétain was almost violently opposed. In January 1926, the Chief of Staff, General Debeney, proposed to the Conseil a "totally new kind of army. Only 20 infantry divisions would be maintained...
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