Girl and Her Duenna

ID: #868 | TOP 100 | Renaissance | People

Date: 1670
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
Dimensions: 106 x 127

It is said that the women in this painting were from the province of Galicia in Spain and were renowned for their reputation as courtesans in Seville. Bartolomé Murillo tried to amuse and surprise at the same time with this work. The casualness of the painting masks an excellent sense of design and great technical ability. Although he began to sell his paintings at fairs and pilgrimages, he was very familiar with the works of Diego Velázquez , Tiziano Vecelli Da Cadore and Peter Rubens and was often inspired by them. Murillo never lost his gift for communicating much through the expressions of figures in paintings, such as the smile of the woman on the left here. The smile is hidden behind the scarf and yet we can read it in their eyes and faces.

Murillo painted picture Girl and Her Duenna in 1670. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is portrait. Original size is 106 x 127. This art piece is located in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682). Spanish baroque painter. He is most famous for his religious paintings (as any artist of his time, he had to respond to demand and most frequently requested themes), but he also painted his contemporaries - mostly women and children. His vivid and realistic portraits florists, beggars, street urchin and other similar characters are an authentic reflection of everyday life in his time.