Adoration of the Shepherds by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted the Adoration of the Shepherds with his characteristic soft light and tender sentiment. The Spanish Baroque master made religious subjects accessible.

His work was beloved for its warmth and humanity. This painting is at the Hermitage Museum.

You can see it at State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo created it. The Spanish Baroque master made religious subjects accessible.

Bartolomé Murillo created this tender Spanish Baroque nativity You can see it at State Hermitage Museum. The Spanish Baroque master made religious subjects accessible.

Murillo spent most of his career in Seville, Spain. He was the most popular Spanish painter of his era, known for tender religious compositions and genre scenes of street children.

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