The Birth of the Virgin

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1660, Département des peintures du Louvre

‘The Birth of the Virgin’ is a work by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spain, 1617–1682). It is dated 1660. It is part of the collection Département des peintures du Louvre. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 179 × 349 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include birth of the Virgin Mary, angel, birth, and Mary.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.

• The Baroque