born 1622, Sevilla, Spain
died Aug. 25, 1685, Madrid
Spanish painter and architect.
The son of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ) of Sevilla's new Academy of Painting, but he soon left for Madrid and was active there as a painter of frescoes and altarpieces. In 1672 he was appointed painter to {{link=Charles">Charles II and in 1677 master of the Royal Works. His greatest architectural achievement was the church of El Pilar at Saragossa (begun 1681).