In most of bartolomé esteban murillo's immaculate conception, of which he painted about twenty-four, the virgin mary appears dressed in a white tunic and a blue mantle, with her hands crossed over her chest, and at the same time with a crescent moon at her feet and with her gaze fixed on heaven. This work was commissioned from murillo by justino de neve (1625-1685), who was a canon of the cathedral of seville, destined for the hospital de los venerables in the city of seville, since in spain the devotion to the immaculate conception of mary had spread extraordinarily since the 16th century, and that country was also the main defender of the mystery and the one that fought most insistently until it became one of the dogmas of the catholic faith, although this would not happen. Officially until 1854. Throughout his life, murillo painted about two dozen immaculate conception that are currently spread throughout the world, although four of them are kept in the prado museum and the same number in the museum of fine arts in seville, the painter's hometown. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1678. Place of creation: Spain. Dimensions: height: 274 cm (107.8 in); width: 190 cm (74.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Virgin Mary. Collection: Museo del Prado. Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo - Immaculate Conception - WGA16401
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