The house-Museum of Murillo Photo: the House-Museum of Murillo

The house-Museum of Murillo is one of the most popular places to visit in Sevilla. This is the house in which the celebrated Spanish artist Murillo spent the last years of his life. The house-Museum was established in 1972 and opened in 1982 – the year of the bicentenary of the death of the painter.

A native of Seville Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo was one of the brightest representatives of Sevillian painting of the "Golden age". Murillo since childhood, he began to study painting, his teachers at different times were greatest masters such as velázquez, Alonso Cano, Surbaran.

He painted several churches and monasteries, including the monastery of St. Augustine's Church and monastery of San Francisco El Grande, the brush has a lot of paintings, a number of paintings with images of the Madonna - in this genre to his talent managed to open up most clearly. Murillo was even called "the painter of Madonnas".

The house-Museum of the artist is a two-story building, which is an architectural-historical monument and located in the street of Santa Teresa. The house is situated in a picturesque location surrounded by a beautiful green trees. The Museum has been partly preserved, partly to recreate the situation that prevailed here during the artist's life. Examining the premises of the Museum, it seems as if you are transported a few centuries back, so the atmosphere at home imbued with the spirit of the time. Perfectly preserved interiors of living room, kitchen, bedroom artist. Here you can see a lot of silverware, dishes, household items.

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