His work is characterized by a combination of striking light-dark contrasts and a rudimentary, slightly makeshift painting style developed during an apprenticeship under an obscure artist in the ...

Francisco de Zurbarán (b. 1598). Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633. On view at the Norton Simon Museum. (Norton Simon Foundation) Warning: This ...

SOME years ago I travelled to the National Gallery, in London, to see the world famous Zurbaran paintings of Joseph and his brothers. I, like many others from the North-East, had to travel nearly ...

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Francisco de Zurbaran is often called the "painter of monks." Many of his masterly paintings are in fact haunting portraits of saints: He painted more than 50 versions of Saint Francis of Assisi.

The works by Zurbaran have been at Auckland Castle for more than 250 years A deal for the sale of historic paintings by Spanish artist Francisco Zurbaran and Auckland Castle has been agreed after ...

A decision was made to loan the Zurbaran paintings out to the Meadows Museum, in New York ahead of the closure of Auckland Castle, in Bishop Auckland for a multi-million pound refurbishment.

The painting, signed and dated to 1628 on a trompe l'oeil cartouche seemingly pinned to the wall at right, is an early work in the artist's career, much of which was centered in the Andalusian ...

The works by Zurbaran have been at Auckland Castle for 250 years An investment manager who saved 17th Century paintings for Auckland Castle has been honoured by Prince Charles. Church ...