introduction
The building and its collections
The Museum of Fine Arts
The collections
Sevillian painting
The building
of Seville was founded as the “Museum
of Paintings” in 1835 and opened its
doors to the public with works
confiscated from the disentailed
convents and monasteries. It was
housed in the former convent of La
Merced Calzada, founded by Saint
Pedro Nolasco following the conquest
of the city in 1248.
reflect the museum’s history:
confiscated ecclesiastical assets,
donations of private collections built
up during the 19th century and the
early part of the 20th century, and
items purchased by public bodies in
recent decades.
and its evolution, with emphasis on
the 17th century, is the main theme of
the museographic discourse, although
the museum has a wide range of
collections (painting, sculpture, pottery,
gold and silverwork, furniture, etc.).
is arranged around three courtyards
and a large staircase and owes its
current layout to the changes made
since the beginning of the 17th century.
In 1603, Juan de Oviedo y de la
Bandera presented his outlines for the
construction, which began with the
demolition of the old Mudejar building.
The temple was finished in 1612,
although it took almost another century
to complete the rest of the stonework.
The result was a fine example of
Andalusian Mannerism.
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upper floor
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ROOM I
Spanish Mediaeval Art
ROOM II
Renaissance Art
ROOM III
Mannerism
ROOM IV
Naturalism
ROOM V
Murillo and the Sevillian Baroque
School
ROOM VI
Spanish and Sevillian
Baroque
ROOM VII
Murillo and his followers
ROOM VIII
Juan de Valdés Leal
ROOM IX
European Baroque painting
ROOM X
Francisco de Zurbarán
ROOM XI
18th century Spanish and Sevillian painting
ROOM XII
19th century Sevillian painting
ROOM XIII
20th century Sevillian painting
ROOM XIV
20th century Spanish painting
photographs by pedro feria
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museum plan
ground floor
The lobby is decorated with tile panels
from disentailed Sevillian convents.
Particularly outstanding are those from
the convent of El Pópulo and the entrance
arch to the Claustro del Aljibe, built around
1600 by Hernando de Valladares for the
convent of San Pablo. In the Claustro del
Aljibe there is a ceramic panel of the
Virgin of the Rosary created by Cristóbal
de Augusta in 1577 for the convent of
Madre de Dios.
ROOM I
spanish mediaeval art
Sevillian painting and sculpture in the
15th century XV
In this room you can see works from the
Spanish Gothic period and the beginnings
of the Sevillian school. Outstanding in
sculpture is the work of Lorenzo
Mercadante de Bretaña and Pedro Millán
and in painting that of the artists from
Juan Sánchez de Castro’s circle.
Weeping over the Dead Christ.
Pedro Millán
ROOM II
renaissance art
The arrival during the 16th century of
Italian and Flemish works and artists,
like the sculptor Torrigiano and the
painters Alejo Fernández and Martín de
Vos, introduced the Renaissance into
the Sevillian School. The Sevillians
Cristóbal de Morales and Villegas
Marmolejo contributed to shaping the
personality of this school. In this room
you can see works by El Greco and
Lucas Cranach.
ROOM III
mannerism
This room contains the work of some
of the most important Sevillian Mannerist
artists. Particularly outstanding is part
of the series painted by Francisco
Pacheco and Alonso Vázquez for the
Main Cloister of the Convent of La
Merced Calzada, which is the most
genuine representation of Mannerism
in Seville. Also on display are two
altarpieces that are the highest quality
expression of the Sevillian School.
ROOM IV
naturalism
Here you can see the beginnings of
Naturalism in Sevillian painting, with
artists such as Francisco Pacheco, his
disciples, Diego de Velázquez and
Alonso Cano, Francisco de Herrera and
Juan de Roelas. There is also a series
of sculptures depicting the child Jesus
and the head of John the Baptist,
widespread iconographies during the
17th century.
Penitent. Saint Jerome
Pietro Torrigiano
ROOM V
murillo and the sevillian
baroque school
This room, once the Convent church,
provides a grand setting in which to
exhibit the nucleus of the 17th century
Sevillian School painting. Based on the
Mannerist formulas and an incipient
Naturalism that began with Roelas, it
evolved until it reached Murillo, the
maximum exponent of the Sevillian
Baroque School. The latter’s style
dominated the first half of the 18th
The Immaculate of the Choir “The Child”.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
century and his influence survived into
the 19th century. Juan del Castillo,
Uceda and Roelas represent the
generation that began to create large
paintings for typically CounterReformationist altarpieces. Herrera the
Elder and Zurbarán continued with
Naturalism into the second third of the
century. This room culminates with the
reconstruction of the main altarpiece
from the Convent of the Capuchins by
Murillo. In a small chapel in the transept
you will find the popular Virgin of the
Serviette by the same artist.
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Public Transport
Urban bus lines: C3, C4, C5, 6, 43,
AC.
Nearby taxi ranks: Marqués de
Paradas Street, Plaza del Duque and
Hotel Colón.
Interurban bus station: Plaza de
Armas.
Private Transport
Public parking:
Plaza de Armas, Plaza del Duque
and Plaza de la Magdalena.
location
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SEVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
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Plaza del Museo, 9.
41001 Sevilla
General telephone: 954 78 65 00
Fax: 954 78 64 90
Shop: 954 22 72 63
Friends of the Museum Association: 954 56 09 56
upper floor
ROOM VI
spanish and sevillian baroque
ROOM VII
murillo and his disciples
ROOM VIII
juan de valdés leal
ROOM X
francisco de zurbarán
In addition to works from the Sevillian
School of the mid-17th century, this
gallery has a selection of Spanish
Baroque paintings, particularly from the
Madrid school. Of special interest are
the works of José de Ribera and
Francisco de Herrera el Mozo, who
introduced the full Baroque to Seville.
This room displays works by Murillo
and his closest followers - Meneses
Osorio, Núñez de Villavicencio and
Simón Gutiérrez, who imposed a style
that would dominate Sevillian painting
until the 18th century.
This room is devoted to Juan de Valdés
Leal, who manifested a more dramatic
and expressive concept in the way of
understanding painting. His work is
characterised by its dynamic, open
compositions, a decisive brushstroke
and great chromatic contrasts.
The Carthusian Monastery of Las Cuevas
Zurbarán brought the profound spiritualism
that would characterise his work to the
Sevillian School. This is testified to by
three monastic cycles: those of the
Convent of San Pablo, Porta Coeli and
the Carthusian Monastery of Santa María
de las Cuevas, where they decorated the
sacristy of the church.
ROOM IX
european baroque painting
This room offers an overview of 17th
century European painting, mainly
Flemish and Italian.
The Temptation of Saint Jerome.
Juan de Valdés Leal
In the 18th century, the influence of Murillo
and Valdés Leal and a depressed
economy held back the evolution of the
Sevillian School. The stay of the court of
Phillip V in Seville and the journeys made
by local painters to Madrid brought about
an opening up to the new European
trends. From outside the local area we
have Goya, a culminating figure in Spanish
art in the transition to the 19th century.
century, the realist landscape and
outstanding artists such as José Villegas,
José Jiménez Aranda and Gonzalo
Bilbao would mark Sevillian art.
Portrait of Don José Duaso y Latre.
Francisco de Goya
During the first half of the 20th century
Seville remained virtually on the fringes
of European aesthetic innovations,
although Bacarisas did show slight signs
of opening up. Two of the most
outstanding local artists of this time were
Gonzalo Bilbao and García Ramos.
Here you will find a selection of works
by Spanish painters dating up to the
mid-20th century. Particularly
outstanding are the canvases of Ignacio
Zuloaga, Daniel Vázquez Díaz and,
above all, Joaquín Sorolla.
Romanticism brought about a reevaluation of Sevillian art, particularly
Costumbrista painting. At the end of the
Dear visitor:
Main façade of the Seville Museum of Fine Arts
For many years now the Regional
Ministry of Culture of the Junta de
Andalucía has been making great efforts
to modernise the museums of Andalusia
to enable them to face up to the new
cultural and social challenges and to
make it as easy as possible for the
public to visit their collections.
The Museums of Andalusia managed
by the Regional Ministry of Culture
form a network of nineteen very different
institutions: the Museum of Almería,
the Andalusian Centre of Photography,
the Museum of Cádiz, the Cordoba
Archaeological Museum, the Cordoba
Museum of Fine Arts, the Granada
Archaeological Museum, the Casa de
Los Tiros Museum and the Granada
Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of
Huelva, the Museum of Jaén, the
Linares Archaeological Museum, the
Úbeda Archaeological Museum, the
Museum of Popular Arts and Customs
of the Alto Guadalquivir in Cazorla, the
Public opening hours
Mondays: closed.
Tuesdays: 14.30 - 20.30.
Wednesday to Saturday:
09.00 - 20.30.
Sundays and holidays:
09.00 - 14.30.
The museum is closed on some
public holidays.
Please telephone or check the
website for further information:
www.museosdeandalucia.es.
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Sevillana dance couple.
José García Ramos
ROOM XIV
20th century Spanish painting
ROOM XII
19th century sevillian painting
welcome
ROOM XIII
20th century sevillian painting
Group visits
Arrange in advance:
- by telephone 954 78 64 91.
Monday to Friday 12.00 - 14.00.
- by completing the form in the
“Educational Programmes”
section on the website.
- by fax, indicating the number
of persons, the day and expected
They welcome all those who wish to learn
more about our homeland and our
heritage through their collections and
organised activities. This artistic,
archaeological and ethnographic heritage
reflects the way we were and how we
have become what we are today. Through
their exhibitions and activities, the
institutions show what we aspire to be
in the future. We welcome you to this
museum and we wish you an enjoyable
visit. We invite you to visit all the
Museums of Andalusia and we thank
you for this connection you have made
with the heritage of Andalusia, which we
believe will stay with you forever.
arrival time and a contact
number.
Group entrance 09.00 - 19.30.
Groups of a maximum of 25
persons accompanied by a
person in charge.
Entrance for groups is up until
19.30 (13.30 on Sundays).
School visits
The museum provides
educational material for
secondary school teachers and
students. The teachers prepare
the visits in class and exercises
on the exhibits can be carried
out in the museum itself.
Photography
Flash photography and video
filming are not allowed in the
exhibition rooms.
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of fine arts
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Centre for Contemporary Art, the Seville
Archaeological Museum, the Seville
Museum of Popular Arts and Customs,
the Seville Museum of Fine Arts and
the Murillo Museum-House.
The Regional Ministry of Culture
of the Junta de Andalucía
The reproduction of any works
in the collection must be
authorised by the museum in
advance.
Please telephone for information
on 954 78 64 94.
Access for the disabled
The museum has wheelchairs,
lifts and toilets specially adapted
for use by the disabled.
You can request to use them at
the ticket desk or by asking any
of the museum custodians.
Library
Use of the library is restricted
to researchers.
To consult the opening times
please make an appointment
between 10.00 and 14.00.
weekdays.
Telephone: 954 78 65 00.
Free copy. Cost 0´07 euros
ROOM XI
18th century spanish and
sevillian painting
The Virgin of the Caves
Francisco Zurbarán