Why it matters
Murillo based this scene on daily life in Andalusia; only the angels and the Virgin's halo show that it is a religious painting. Marshal Soult's troops looted it from Seville Cathedral.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1661.
- It was made for the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Seville Cathedral.
- It is in the Louvre.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Birth of the Virgin (Murillo) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
