Murillos Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception by Bartolome Esteban Murillo immediately grabs a viewers attention through it’s large scale and the sensuous warmth of it’s colors. ... Painted during the 17th century Spanish Baroque, Spain’s Golden Age, Murillo chose to focus on the subject of Mary of the Immaculate Conception. ... Ten years later this style was reflected in The Immaculate Conception. ... The devotion to the Immaculate Conception was an idea diffused in Spain for a long time. Seville, where Murillo was painting, was devoted to a cult of the Immaculate Conception and Murillo had actually painted the subject at least 15 times.