Zurbarán; Sevilla; San Hugo; refrectorio; cartujos; pintura; siglo XVII; barroco; Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Zurbarán; Sevilla; San Hugo; refrectorio; cartujos; pintura; siglo XVII; barroco; Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Saint Hugo in the refectory https://historylab.es/saint-hugo-in-the-refectory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-hugo-in-the-refectory Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:21 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/san-hugo-en-el-refrectorio/ Interior of a religious scene by Zurbarán showing Saint Hugo surrounded by Carthusian monks

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]]> Zurbarán’s painting depicts the miracle in which meat was turned into ash and for which the Carthusian monks decided to maintain perpetual abstinence from eating meat. The composition is divided into three planes: the first is reserved for the page and Saint Hugo, the second for the symbolic lunch and the last for the seven friars behind a table where a still life is recreated. Above their heads rests a painting of the Virgin, the child and Saint John the Baptist, patron saints of the order. The page’s clothing is interesting as it situates the work chronologically, as the Italian-style collar, the long doublet and breeches and the small volume date from 1635. Zurbarán’s balanced composition is notable for the exquisite use of the various shades of white.

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