Art Painting Artist

The famous Spanish painter Franscisco de Zurbaran has drawn some greatest pictures in the history. In his oeuvre, the meditating saint Francis is a major subject. He has drawn various portrait of this saintly personality. A quick glance at the current representation of Saint Francis raises a question in my mind. Why a skull is

Oil on canvas 1629 223 x 179 cm (7′ 3.8″ x 5′ 10.47″) Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain)

Oil on canvas 1638-1639 104 x 139 cm (3′ 4.94″ x 4′ 6.72″) Musee des Beaux-Arts (Grenoble, Dauphine, France)

Oil on canvas 1629 Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)

Oil on canvas Museo Cerralbo (Madrid, Spain)

Oil on canvas 1661 102.5 x 136.5 cm (3′ 4.35″ x 4′ 5.74″) Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary)

Oil on canvas 1631 61 x 146.7 cm (24.02″ x 4′ 9.76″) Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary)

Oil on canvas 66 x 113 cm (25.98″ x 3′ 8.49″) Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)