What is Francisco de Zurbarán?
'''Francisco of Zurbarán''' (Source of Singings, [[Province of Badajoz|Badajoz]], [[November 7|7 November]] [[1598]] – [[Madrid]], [[August 27|27 August]] [[1664]]) was a painter and artist of the [[Spanish Golden Age|Century of Spanish Gold]]. Contemporary and fellow of [[Diego Velázquez|Velázquez]], Zurbarán stood out in the religious painting, in which his painting reveals a big visual hard and a deep [[mysticism]]. It was a representative artist of the [[Counter-Reformation|Contrarreforma]]. Influenced in his beginnings by italian painter[[Caravaggio]], his style was evolving to approximate to the masters[[Mannerism|manieristas Italians]]. His representations move away of the realism of Velázquez and his compositions characterise by a modelling claroscuro with tones sourer. [[File:Francisco_de_Zurbarán_-_Christ_on_the_Cross_-_WGA26051.jpg|thumb|''Christ in the Cross'', [[1627]] (290 x 168 cm), Art Institute, Chicago.]] [[File:Francisco_de_Zurbarán_026.jpg|thumb|''Saint Serapio'', [[1628]] (120 x 103 cm.), Wadsworth Athenaeum (Connecticut).]] [[File:Zurbaran.jpg|thumb|''Exhibition of the body of Saint Buenaventura'', [[1629]] (250 x 225 cm.), [[Musée du Louvre|Museum of the Louvre]], [[Paris]].]] [[File:Francisco_de_Zurbarán_057.jpg|thumb|''San Francisco kneeled with a calavera in the hands'', [[1658]] (84 x 53 cm.), Alte Pinakothek, [[Munich]]]] [[Category:1598 births]] [[Category:1664 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish painters]]