bartolome esteban murillo
Proper noun A Spanish Baroque painter, active primarily in Seville during the 17th century. He is renowned for his religious works, serene and idealized portraits of the Immaculate Conception, and sympathetic, realistic depictions of street urchins and beggars.
The name "Bartolomé Esteban Murillo" is used to refer to the historical artist and his body of work. * The museum's collection includes a major work by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. * Murillo's style evolved from the tenebrism of his early career to a softer, more luminous technique.
- A Murillo: Can be used as a countable noun to refer to a painting created by Murillo.
- The auction house authenticated the newly discovered work as a genuine Murillo.
- Murillesque (adj): Resembling or in the style of Murillo's paintings, particularly characterized by sweetness, softness, and idealized beauty.
- The artist's later religious works have a distinctly Murillesque quality.
- Spanish Old Master
- Sevillian painter (context-specific)
(While there are no common idioms using his full name, his last name is sometimes used metonymically.) * The Murillo of...: Used to praise an artist for achieving a similar quality or subject matter as Murillo in a different context. * The 19th-century genre painter was hailed as the Murillo of street scenes.
- Spanish painter (1617-1682)