Sevillian school; second half of the XVII century.

Sevillian school; second half of the seventeenth century.
"Dominican Saint".
Oil on canvas glued to tablex.
Measurements: 11,5 x 9 cm.
The seventeenth century in the Sevillian school is the arrival of the Baroque, with the triumph of naturalism against Mannerist idealism, a loose invoice and many other aesthetic liberties. At this time the school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of Sevillian Baroque painting. Thus, during the transition to Baroque we find Juan del Castillo, Antonio Mohedano and Francisco Herrera el Viejo, in whose works the rapid brushstroke and the crude realism of the style is already manifested, and Juan de Roelas, introducer of Venetian colorism. In the middle of the century the period reached its peak, with figures such as Zurbarán, a young Alonso Cano and Velázquez. Finally, in the last third of the century we find Murillo and Valdés Leal, founders in 1660 of an Academy where many of the painters active during the first quarter of the 18th century were trained, such as Meneses Osorio, Sebastián Gómez, Lucas Valdés and others.