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The Two Trinities - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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A masterpiece of the Spanish Baroque, this painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo depicts the earthly Holy Family united with the heavenly trinity.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, a master of the Spanish Baroque, painted The Two Trinities during the final years of his career. This work depicts the earthly trinity of the Holy Family alongside the heavenly trinity. In the lower register, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph stand on either side of the young Christ child, holding his hands. This earthly grouping forms a triangle of human devotion and familial connection.
Above them, the composition transitions into the celestial realm. God the Father appears amidst swirling clouds, his presence marked by a soft, ethereal light. The Holy Spirit, represented as a dove, descends between the two groups, acting as a visual bridge that unites the human and the divine. Murillo employs a characteristic sfumato technique, where edges are softened to create a sense of atmospheric depth and spiritual mystery. The palette is dominated by warm, earthy tones for the figures, contrasted against the cool, misty greys and whites of the heavenly expanse.
Murillo was known for his ability to humanise religious subjects, making them accessible to the viewer. Here, the expressions of the figures are gentle and contemplative rather than austere. The soft lighting, often referred to as vaporous, is a hallmark of his later style. This painting demonstrates his skill in balancing complex theological concepts with a naturalistic approach to human emotion. The figures are rendered with a grace that avoids rigid formality, allowing the viewer to engage with the scene on a personal level. The composition is carefully balanced, guiding the eye from the grounded figures at the base up toward the divine light at the top. It remains a prime example of the devotional art produced in Seville during the seventeenth century, reflecting the period's focus on intimate, approachable religious imagery.
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Every Solis piece is made to order with archival, gallery-quality materials built to last.
- Museum-grade giclée printing for rich, fade-resistant colour
- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
- Multiple sizes and framing options available
- Frames in black, natural wood, dark wood or white
- Framed prints arrive ready to hang
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- Dust gently with a soft, dry cloth
- Avoid prolonged direct sunlight
- Never use liquid cleaners on the print or canvas surface
- Keep in a dry, room-temperature space
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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The Two Trinities - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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Från £28.00 GBP
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Från £28.00 GBP
Ordinarie pris
Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Murillo fell from a scaffold in Cadiz and died a few months later. He was sixty-four, working on a fresco at the church of the Capuchines, and the fall ended both the painting and his life. His burial in the Church of Santa Cruz in Seville did not survive either: the French demolished the church during the Peninsular War, and his remains were lost.
He was born in Seville in late 1617, the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a barber surgeon. Both parents died before he was eleven, and he was raised by an older sister and her husband, also a barber. He studied in the workshop of Juan del Castillo, his uncle and godfather, and absorbed the realism of Zurbaran and Ribera. In 1645 he received his first major commission: eleven canvases for the convent of San Francisco in Seville. The success was decisive.
Seville became his entire world. He rarely left. In 1660 he co-founded and became first president of the city's Academy of Painting. His religious paintings, particularly his Immaculate Conceptions, were reproduced and imitated across the Catholic world for the next two centuries. He also painted contemporary street life: flower girls, beggars, street urchins, recorded with an affectionate realism that constitutes a documentary record of seventeenth-century Andalusia.
For two hundred years after his death he was considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived, ranked alongside Raphael and Titian. Then opinion turned. By the late nineteenth century his religious canvases were dismissed as sentimental and treacly, and he was nearly written out of art history altogether. The reassessment continues; the sentimentality charge has not entirely lifted.
He was born in Seville in late 1617, the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a barber surgeon. Both parents died before he was eleven, and he was raised by an older sister and her husband, also a barber. He studied in the workshop of Juan del Castillo, his uncle and godfather, and absorbed the realism of Zurbaran and Ribera. In 1645 he received his first major commission: eleven canvases for the convent of San Francisco in Seville. The success was decisive.
Seville became his entire world. He rarely left. In 1660 he co-founded and became first president of the city's Academy of Painting. His religious paintings, particularly his Immaculate Conceptions, were reproduced and imitated across the Catholic world for the next two centuries. He also painted contemporary street life: flower girls, beggars, street urchins, recorded with an affectionate realism that constitutes a documentary record of seventeenth-century Andalusia.
For two hundred years after his death he was considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived, ranked alongside Raphael and Titian. Then opinion turned. By the late nineteenth century his religious canvases were dismissed as sentimental and treacly, and he was nearly written out of art history altogether. The reassessment continues; the sentimentality charge has not entirely lifted.
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