Gallery of the Masters 
Francisco Herrera the Elder
c. 1576-1656 Spain/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Francisco Herrera, the Elder of Seville, was a disciple of Francisco Pacheco. His son Francisco Herrera, the Younger, was also a painter who became a painter to King Charles II, in 1672. Another son, known as Herrera the Ruddy, was a painter who died very young in Seville. The father moved to Madrid c. 1640 where he undertook several works. Diego Velazquez and Ignacio de Iriarte, he was known to have scared most of them away because of his violent temper. Most of his paintings were in the churches of Seville. "Saint Basil Dictating his Rule" in the Louvre, Paris, is one of his most noted works. He died in Madrid in 1656. |
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head of an unknown
christian saint
saint bonaventura
receiving the host
saint bonaventure
enters the order
saint catherine
appearing
saint joseph and
the christ child
saint peter
san basilio dictates
the doctrine
self portrait
or saint cosme
tears
of san pedro
the
broombinder
the healing of san
buenaventura child
the
holy family
the preaching of
saint john the baptist
the
visitation
vision
of constantine
