# Ecce Agnus Dei

**Bartolomé Esteban Murillo** (Spanish, 1617–1682)  
c. 1655  
Oil on canvas  
270.2 × 184.5 cm (106 3/8 × 72 5/8 in.); Framed: 317 × 232 cm (124 13/16 × 91 3/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.2. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/11392).

## About this work

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painted this in about 1655, aged about 33. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Bartolomé Esteban Murillo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/bartolome-esteban-murillo)

Spanish, 1617–1682; born in Seville; died in Seville

Murillo spent nearly all his life in Seville, where he became the city’s leading painter after Zurbarán. His tender religious scenes, especially his many Immaculate Conceptions, and his warm, softly lit pictures of street children made him one of the most popular Spanish painters in Europe in later centuries. In 1660 he helped found an academy of drawing in Seville. He died after a fall from scaffolding while painting an altarpiece in Cádiz.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Spain
- The artist was about 33
- Real size: about 106 × 72 in (270 × 184 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, religion, religious, religious figures, Christian subjects, Christianity, eagles
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

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