From Oct. 7, 2026 to Jan. 25, 2027, the Louvre Museum will pay tribute to one of the greatest protagonists of seventeenth-century Spanish painting with the exhibition Zurbarán 1598-1664, staged in the Hall Napoléon. The exhibition project is curated by Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau, in collaboration with Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, Daniel Sobrino Ralston, and Rebecca Long.
Considered, along with Diego Velázquez and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, one of the most important artists of 17th-century Spain, Francisco de Zurbarán occupies a central place in the history of European art. Long interpreted primarily as a painter influenced by Caravaggism and monastic asceticism, over the course of the 20th century his work has been progressively reevaluated, highlighting the extraordinary chromatic qualities and originality of a language capable of combining formal essentialism and intense naturalism.
The exhibition will provide an opportunity to delve into the artist’s creative journey, highlighting the modernity of his compositional solutions and the expressive power of his images. The National Gallery in London, the Louvre Museum and theArt Institute of Chicago are collaborating for the occasion to create a wide-ranging exhibition that will allow the public to rediscover one of the most fascinating masters of the Spanish Siglo de Oro.
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