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Francisco de Zurbarán

1598 Fuente de Cantos Francisco
1664 Madrid

In 1598 Francisco de Zurbarán was born in Fuente de Cantos in western Spain. He was sent to the painter Pedro Diaz de Villanueva in Sevilla in 1614 to work as an apprentice. In 1625 Francisco de Zurbarán married for the second time, to the wealthy widow Beatriz de Morales, the daughter of a patrician from Llerena. On 17 January, 1626 Francisco signed a contract with the prior of the Dominican monastery San Pablo el Real in Sevilla, committing to make 21 paintings within eight months. Between the years 1926 and 1928 de Zurbaran visited his friend Diego Velásquez in Madrid. Francisco de Zurbarán moved to Madrid in May 1658. His last picture is probably dated 1662. The painter passed away in Madrid on 27 August 1664.