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Luis de Morales

1509 - 1586

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Luis de Morales (1509 – 9 May 1586) was a Spanish painter active during the Spanish Renaissance in the 16th century. Known as "El Divino", most of his work was of religious subjects, including many representations of the Madonna and Child and the Passion. Influenced by Raphael Sanzio and the Lombard school of Leonardo da Vinci, especially in his early work, he was called by his contemporaries "The Divine Morales" because of his skill and the shocking realism of his paintings, and because of the spirituality transmitted by all his work. His work has been divided by critics into two periods, an early stage marked by the influence of Florentine artists such as Michelangelo, and a more intense, more anatomically correct later stage with similarities to the works of German and Flemish Renaissance painters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis de Morales is the 703rd most popular painter (up from 745th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 672nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Luis de Morales ranks 703 out of 2,023. Before him are Lippo Memmi, Govert Flinck, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Mihály Zichy, Jasper Johns, and Andrea Appiani. After him are Roberto Ferruzzi, Han Gan, Victorine Meurent, Eugene de Blaas, Philip de Koninck, and Dong Qichang.

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Among people born in 1509, Luis de Morales ranks 10. Before him are Daniele da Volterra, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Jan Matsys, John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and Bernardino Telesio. After him are Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Leone Leoni, Ippolito II d'Este, Étienne Dolet, Melchor Cano, and Giovanni Morone. Among people deceased in 1586, Luis de Morales ranks 11. Before him are Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Primož Trubar, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Birbal. After him are Philip Sidney, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Ignazio Danti, Martín de Azpilcueta, and Adam Lonicer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de Morales ranks 623 out of 3,355. Before him are Aelia Flaccilla (356), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828), Víctor Erice (1940), Hermenegild (564), and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532). After him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Muhammad IV of Granada (1315), Carlos Arias Navarro (1908), Luis Molowny (1925), Bernard of Septimania (795), and Abbot Oliba (971).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Luis de Morales ranks 21. Before him are Santiago Rusiñol (1861), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531), Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), and Ramon Casas (1866). After him are Julio González (1876), Juan de Valdés Leal (1622), Alonso Berruguete (1488), Bartolomé Bermejo (1440), Ignacio Zuloaga (1870), and Pablo Gargallo (1881).

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