Bartolome Esteban Murillo: The Mystic Marriage Of Saint Catherine (1682)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish Baroque painter. He was born in Seville, Spain, in 1617, and he died in April 1682. He is best known for his religious work but Murillo also produced many paintings of contemporary women and children. His last work is The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1682), for the altar of the church of Santa Cataline in Cádiz. According to his biographers however, It wasn't actually completed by his hand. The artist fell from scaffolding during the project and died several months later, presumably from his injuries, and so it was up to others to complete his final masterpiece.