Ecce Agnus Dei

This is one of four large canvases devoted to the life of Saint John the Baptist that Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted for the convent of San Leandro in his native Seville, Spain. Inscriptions from the gospels of John and Luke float in the sky, accompanied by the eagle and winged bull that, respectively, symbolize these evangelists. John the Baptist’s gesture toward Jesus alludes to the Baptist’s role in preparing the way for Christ. When he painted this series, Murillo was transitioning away from the hard edges and dramatic shading inspired by Francisco de Zurbarán toward softer, more vaporous effects.

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Virgin and Child

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Vision of St Antony of Padua

Adoration of the Shepherds

Saint Junípero et le pauvre

Le Jeune mendiant

Penitent Magdelene

A Knight of Alcántara or Calatrava

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79

Kitchen Scene, 1618/20

The Resurrection, c. 1619-20

Cupid Chastised, 1613

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622

Penitent Saint Peter, 1628/32

The Abduction of the Sabine Women, c. 1675

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1639–42

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891

The Adoration of the Magi, possibly ca. 1320

The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450

Madonna and Child, late 1480s

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, 1648

The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1475

The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612–14

The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1605–10