Workshop of BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - Cadiz, 1682), 17th century. "Salvator Mundi". Oil on copper. Size: 15 x 10 cm; 17 x 12,7 cm

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  Workshop of BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - Cadiz, 1682), 17th century. "Salvator Mundi". Oil on copper. Size: 15 x 10 cm; 17 x 12,7 cm (frame). This oil painting, framed within the Murillo's school (probably a work of Murillo's workshop), shows Christ as "Salvator Mundi", an iconography that represents the Christological concept of Jesus Christ as universal saviour, in relation to his role as judge in the Final Judgement and his character of Redeemer. It is characterised by Christ raising his right hand in a sign of blessing, while with his left hand he supports an orb symbolising the universe, emphasising the universal nature of Christian doctrine and of Christ's redemptive act. The model chosen here is an adolescent Christ, very close to the Murillo children, faithful to the manner in which the Sevillian master resolved the soft flesh tones, soft features and velvety tones, distancing himself from the hieratic models associated with the iconography of the Salvator Mundi. Baroque naturalism can be seen in the drapery combined with idealism in the manner of resolving the candid countenance. Due to its formal characteristics we can relate this work to the school of Murillo, an author whose influence was key to the development of the full Baroque not only in the Sevillian school, but also in other areas. Considered by some to be the painter who best defines the Spanish Baroque, Murillo exerted a notable influence on his Sevillian contemporaries and, after his death, his influence can be found in other schools even to the present day, especially in religious art. In the 18th century his language and iconographic formulas were widely followed and repeated, and during the Romantic period numerous copies of his works were made. However, it was in the Baroque period of the 18th century that the importance of his influence, spread by his numerous disciples and followers, was most evident. In fact, in that century he was the best known and most appreciated Spanish painter outside Spain, the only one of whom Sandrart includes a biography in his "Academia picturae eruditae", a work dating from the end of the 17th century. In the last decades of the 17th century, Murillo's emotional, sweet and delicate sentimentality prevailed in Seville over the more dramatic one of Valdés Leal, hence the predominance of his influence in the following century. As time went on, however, we find an increasingly superficial influence, focused on imitating models and compositions but leaving aside his artistic language in favour of formulas more typical of the new century.
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