Guided tour of the Hospital of the Holy Charity
The Hospital of the Holy Charity: What will we see on our guided tour? We will visit one of the finest examples of Sevillian Baroque architecture: the Hospital of the Holy Charity. Founded in the 15th century, it provided shelter for the sick without resources and burial for the homeless and those without family. It continues to be a residence for the elderly.
Murillo and his main themes
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Murillo was born in Seville between 1617 and 1618, the exact date is uncertain, and died in 1682 at the age of 65. He adopted his mother's surname. His father was a barber-surgeon, and his mother came from a family of silversmiths. Murillo belongs to the next generation after Diego Velázquez. The differences […]
Murillo and the Baroque
Murillo, His Year. During 2018 and 2019, we celebrated the Year of Murillo in Seville, honoring one of our greatest figures in the world of art and culture. A universal figure, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a unique painter in his time and has been endlessly imitated even to this day. Murillo and […]
2018: Murillo Year
In 2018 and at the end of 2017, we celebrated the long-awaited Murillo Year, commemorating the fourth centenary of the birth of this brilliant artist. Murillo was one of the most celebrated representatives of the European Baroque, creating new artistic canons with which he meticulously reached all audiences, transcending physical, psychological, and temporal boundaries to […]