Another of our powerful guardian angel paintings. thi one is leading a timid child apparently from darkness to light. One can wonder as to any symbolism intended by the artist or is the angel simply pointing to the goodness of our Father.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish baroque painter born in 1617, until his death in 1682, he was an avid painter with over 400 to his credit, including works in a Seville convent.
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo’s were so in demand the king refused to allow their export from the country. Murillo himself never left Spain, which I think was unjust, and a shame for the art world. He had lived with his uncle after his parents died.
A young Murillo sold devotional pictures to sell at Seville fairs. He painted religious pictures and used local peasants before finally founding the Seville Academy, having spent time in Madrid and studying the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, he softened his work and brought Rococo in even decades before it was considered an art form.
His school lasted a century and a half and even today a good painting in Spain is known as a Murillo, and the Getty Museum’s article on him says he taught pupils and breathed the same gentle spirit on them, isn’t that a beautiful quote.
Rebecca Jones
On Angel's Wings 