Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher. The last of the great Baroque
painters of Seville, he was also a sculptor and etcher of considerable
ability and was praised as an architect by his contemporaries, although
no buildings by him are known. In addition, he wrote on art, though none
of his writings is extant. With the exception of rare portraits, his
paintings are entirely religious. The visual excitement of his style
reflects his religious fervour. He is thus the antithesis of Bartolomé
Esteban Murillo, his more famous colleague.
Self- Portrait
Assumption of the Virgin
1659
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington
In Ictu Oculi
1670-72
Oil on canvas, 220 x 216 cm
Hospital de la Caridad, Seville
Finis Gloriae Mundi
1670-72
Oil on canvas, 220 x 216 cm
Hospital de la Caridad, Seville
Carrying the Cross
c. 1661
Oil on canvas, 88,5 x 71,5 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception with Sts Andrew and
John the Baptist
1650-52
Oil on canvas, 234 x 167 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1657-59
Oil on canvas, 187 x 247 cm
Private collection
