Artwork
The Vision of Fray Lauterio
The Vision of Fray Lauterio is an oil painting by the Spanish Baroque Tenebrist artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. It dates from 1640 and is held in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
About this work
Overview
The Vision of Fray Lauterio is an oil on canvas painting created by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo around 1640. It is now held in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a Franciscan friar, Fray Lauterio, praying to Francis of Assisi for understanding of a passage in Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica. The scene shows Francis pointing to Thomas, resolving the friar's dilemma, set against a backdrop of the Virgin Mary surrounded by angels.
Technique & Style
The work showcases Murillo's skill with color and composition, using intricate detail and emotive expression to convey depth and wonder. The Virgin's robes and surrounding cherubs are particularly noteworthy.
History & Provenance
Originally owned by the Dominican monastery of La Regina Angelorum in Seville, the painting was later acquired by Francesco Pereyra after the monastery's dissolution. It was eventually offered to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Joseph Prior in 1879.
Artist & collection
Artist
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish: ; late December 1617, baptised 1 January 1618 – 3 April 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter.
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