Francisco Zurbarajy, a Spanish painter, born in 1598, died in Seville in 1662. He was educated in the school of Juan de Roelas in Seville, and early formed his style on that of Caravaggio. He also gave great attention to draperies, which he never painted without the object before him, and in. general made nature his guide in all things. He first brought himself into notice by a series of pictures for the chapel of St. Peter in the cathedral of Seville, illustrating the life of the apostle; and about 1625 he executed his picture of "St. Thomas Aquinas received into Heaven," which is esteemed his masterpiece, and one of the most admirable pictures ever executed in Spain. His pictures from the life of St. Jerome for the Hieronymite friars at Guadalupe are also characteristic specimens of his style. He executed many works for churches and monasteries in Seville, Guadalupe, and Madrid, and subsequent to 1633 was nominally painter to the king, although it was not until about 1650 that he was employed at court. His works are most numerous in Seville, and are rarely met with out of Spain.