About this work
During the seventeenth century Murillo was the most important artist working in Seville, a major artistic centre in Spain. His distinctive naturalistic style gives his works great charm and veracity. Murillo’s most spectacular compositions are of the Immaculate Conception. The Catholic belief that the Virgin Mary was conceived without the taint of original sin received ardent support from Spanish religious orders, which accounts for the many versions of this subject painted by Murillo.