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Francisco de Zurbarán

1598 - 1664

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Francisco de Zurbarán ( ZOOR-bə-RAHN, Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ðe θuɾβaˈɾan]; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) 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. He was the father of the painter Juan de Zurbarán. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Zurbarán is the 69th most popular painter (up from 75th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Spain (up from 51st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Painter.

Francisco de Zurbarán is most famous for his paintings of the Virgin Mary.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francisco de Zurbarán ranks 69 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-François Millet, Piero della Francesca, J. M. W. Turner, Andrea Mantegna, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Théodore Géricault. After him are Ilya Repin, Frans Hals, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Henri Rousseau, Pietro Perugino, and Rogier van der Weyden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Francisco de Zurbarán ranks 2. Before him is Gian Lorenzo Bernini. After him are Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, and Daniele Crespi. Among people deceased in 1664, Francisco de Zurbarán ranks 1. After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Ivan Vyhovsky, Ivan Bohun, Andreas Gryphius, Miklós Zrínyi, Maria Cunitz, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Henry II, Duke of Guise, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, and Jan Janssonius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco de Zurbarán ranks 47 out of 3,355. Before him are Anne of Austria (1601), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Arcadius (377), Florentino Pérez (1947), Charles III of Spain (1716), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949). After him are Isidore of Seville (560), Lope de Vega (1562), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Luis Buñuel (1900), José Carreras (1946), and El Cid (1045).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Francisco de Zurbarán ranks 6. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), and Joan Miró (1893). After him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Francisco Pacheco (1564).

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