{"id":11057,"date":"2025-09-25T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:31:15","slug":"santa-casilda-zurbaran-museo-thyssen-bornemisza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/en\/2025\/09\/25\/santa-casilda-zurbaran-museo-thyssen-bornemisza\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Casilda: the light of the Spanish Baroque in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11057\" class=\"elementor elementor-11057\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18e4220 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18e4220\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09bdbfb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09bdbfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e1dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9e1dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Santa Casilda: the light of the Spanish Baroque in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b65105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"9b65105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSaint Casilda, painted by Zurbar\u00e1n around 1635, is a jewel of Spanish Baroque art. In the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum it dazzles with its light, realism and spirituality.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a60c47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"1a60c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ac52e5c elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/en\/2025\/09\/25\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-768x1234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-956x1536.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-1275x2048.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/www.spainisexcellence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Santa-Casilda_Zurbaran-scaled.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a95f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0a95f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fdfaf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fdfaf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zurbar\u00e1n and spirituality turned into light: a portrait of the divine in the middle of the Golden Age<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f9a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f9a42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Madrid is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Casilda<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">masterpiece by <\/span><b>Francisco de Zurbar\u00e1n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> painted around 1635. This canvas reflects the essence of the <\/span><b>Spanish Golden Age<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combining technical mastery, devotion and spirituality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Casilda, the daughter of an Arab emir of Toledo, converted to the <\/span><b>Christianity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> She secretly helped her father's Christian prisoners, carrying food hidden in her clothes. Legend has it that, when she was caught, the food miraculously transformed into <\/span><b>roses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This attribute appears on the canvas between the folds of her dress.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oil painting highlights the richness of the <\/span><b>texture of fabrics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jewellery and the intensity of the colouring. The <\/span><b>light<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The figure of the saint, the undisputed protagonist, is modelled on the figure of the saint and emphasises her monumentality against an unobtrusive background. The individualised features of the saint exemplify the concept of the \"...\".<\/span><b>portrait of the divine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"projecting sacred attributes onto the female figure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work travelled through various collections, from convents in Seville to Marshal Soult in France, via European and North American collections, until it entered the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in 1979. This itinerary reflects not only the popularity of the <\/span><b>santas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Zurbar\u00e1n, but also the relevance of his work in the history of art.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Casilda<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remains a testimony to the <\/span><b>baroque devotion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the mastery of Zurbar\u00e1n, who, through light, colour and composition, conveys the spirituality and grandeur of his subjects.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a28a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07a28a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e67fd elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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