Murillo
BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN (mö-rēl'yō), a Spanish painter; born in rudiments of art from his uncle, Juan Seville, Spain, in 1618. He acquired the de Castillo; and being encouraged to visit Madrid, he acquired the countenance and patronage of the great painter Velasquez, then in the height of his repuhis repиtation. He afterward returned to Seville, and there founded an Academy of Paint ing, and earned by his labors an imperishable fame. His principal works are: "The Return of the Prodigal Son"; "Abraham Visited by the Angels"; "Christ Healing the Sick of the Palsy"; "The Pool of Bethesda"; - but his masterpiece is "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception," painted in 1678, and purchased by the French government for the sum of $118,000. He died in Seville, April 3, 1682.