Saint Ferdinand King of Castille Leon and Asturias
1672 · oil on canvas
Dimensions (38 x 56 cm)
Fernando III el Santo († 1252), king of Castile and León and canonized in 1671, appears kneeling and praying on a crimson velvet cushion with tassels at the corners. Their are together and their heads a little leaning forward, in a devout attitude. Represents this imaginary portrait of the character with an age between 30 and 35 years. It has long hair on the sides and cut on the forehead, in the style of the fifteenth century and not as usual in the thirteenth century; and youthful beard, little grown. He wears a tunic with a fringe of gold, a half steel armor, breeches and gregüescos, a gorget with sleeves, boots and a real mantle of gold tissue lined with stoats, fastened to the chest, with a gold collar around his neck, from which a medal of the Virgin hangs; and on the knee stand in front of you are, on another cushion, the scepter and the crown. Two angels at the top remove the curtains of the room so that they see the brightness of the sky, propitious to their prayer.
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Saint Ferdinand King of Castille Leon and Asturias (1672) by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, oil on canvas.
About Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (born late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618 – April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children.
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