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Herrera's pictures are full of energy, the drawing is good and the colouring so cleverly managed that the figures stand out in splendid relief. Many of his small easel pictures, in oil, represent fairs, dances, interiors of inns, and deal with the intimate life of Spain. His large works are nearly
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Herrera broke away from the timid style and Italian traditions of Spanish painting of his day, and became the pioneer of that bold, vigorous, effective, and natural style whose preeminent exponent was
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all religious. In Seville he painted a "St. Peter" for the cathedral and a "Last Judgment" for the Church of San Bernardo, the latter being considered his masterpiece.
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Herrera's finest paintings include "The Last Judgment" and a "Holy Family," both in churches at Seville. Others are in the
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Herrera, who was an accomplished worker in bronze, engraved medals skilfully. This gave rise to the charge of
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of the Merced Calzada is a noteworthy series of paintings whose subjects are drawn from the life of
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saw it (1621) he immediately pardoned the painter. Herrera thereupon returned to Seville.
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Francisco Herrera was born in Seville in 1576, and studied painting under
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Biographie of Francisco Herrera the Elder at the Web Gallery of Art
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After executing many commissions in his native town he removed to
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in English about Francisco de Herrera, the Elder both in web and
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In the archiepiscopal palace of Madrid are four large
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La curación de San Buenaventura niño por San Francisco
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