Francisco de Zurbarán

Francisco de Zurbarán's Death

Born (Birthday) November 7, 1598

Death Date August 27, 1664

Age of Death 65 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Madrid, Spain

Profession Painter

The painter Francisco de Zurbarán died at the age of 65. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Famous for his religious and still-life works, this seventeenth-century Spanish painter allied himself with the Baroque and Caravaggisti artistic movements. His best known paintings include The Death of St. Bonaventure and Saint Francis in Meditation.

Early in his artistic career, he was commissioned to create work for the Seville Cathedral and the San Pablo El Real Dominican monastery.

His largest-scale work is an elaborate altarpiece created for the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Seville, Spain.