Luis de Morales
Biography
Background Information
~Born: 1519 in Badajoz, Spain
~Died: 1586
~Spent Most of his life in Spain
~Received training as a painter in Seville
~Created famous paintings such as; Christ Meditating on the Passion, and Holy Family
~He worked in Badajoz for most of his life being trained by several painters.
~The Habsburgs were great patrons of his art
Christ Meditating On the Passion
~Created:1565
~Location: Can be found in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
~Significance: Made with oil on a panel; a new technique
~I find this interesting, because Jesus was nailed to across with a hammer, and the painting shows him sitting down next to a cross, with a hammer, and nails on the ground.