Zurbarán

“Francisco de Zurbarán was a "genius" of the Spanish baroque, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. Zurbarán (1598-1664) "comes between El Greco and Velázquez"; he is "as wild as the former, as profound as the latter". Based mainly in Seville at the moment of the city's greatest prosperity, he was lauded for his "electrifying" paintings of religious subjects, "hyper-real" down to the last fold of cloth and "pinprick of congealing blood", and for his "radiant still lifes".”

“Positive review emphasising spiritual and theatrical intensity.”

“Strongly positive review praising mystical realism and painterly drama.”

“More mixed review describing the show as demanding and severe, though lifted by stunning still lifes.”

“The Times praises the exhibition as sumptuous, strange and masterfully curated.”