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This canvas is a good example of the numerous influences that acted on Orrente’s style. They include his Venetian training, evident in his approach to the landscape in this painting, and unmistakable [+]
Orrente here adheres to his practice of using religious scenes as a pretext to paint landscapes influenced by the famous works of the Bassano family. In this work he depictsthe 4th -century saint in h [+]
This canvas presents one of the most persistent subjects in Pedro Orrente´s substantial output: the Nativity and the Adoration of the shepherds, a popular theme among seventeenth-century Spanish [+]
This canvas was in the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, together with other works by this artist. Orrente was one of the most prolific and celebrated Spanish artists of the seventeenth century, painting [+]
Orrente había nacido en Murcia (como aclara la inscripción de la parte superior) y desarrolló la mayor parte de su carrera en el Levante español, además de Toledo, donde permaneció entre 1626 y 1631. [+]
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Al fondo, a la izquierda, sobre un ligero estrado, están sentados a la mesa Cristo y los dos discípulos. Jesús parte el pan, con la vista alzada, mientras un servidor se aproxima con una bandeja. En p [+]
