were reproductions of his paintings. One of his pictures, "St. Basil dictating his doctrine", is in the Louvre, and another, "St. Matthew", is in the Dresden Gallery. Herrera left two sons, "el Rubio" (the ruddy) who died before he fulfilled the great promise of his youth, and "el Mozo" (the younger). He was also the godfather of the Spanish-born Portuguese painter Josefa de Óbidos. Works Herrera's finest paintings include "The Last Judgment" and a "Holy Family," both in churches at Seville. Others are in the Louvre, Paris. They exhibit boldness of execution with faultless technique. He is known as El viejo, "the elder," to distinguish him from his son Francisco Herrera the Younger, also a noted painter. Among his pupils was Ignacio de Iriarte and a young Diego Velázquez. Among his other works are: San Diego (Saint James) (1637), Madrid, private collection Bebedor (1626), Worcester Art Museum Job (1636), 215 x 151 cm., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. La Parentela de Jesús, Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao San Basilio dictando su doctrina (1639), 243 x 194 cm, Louvre Milagro del Pan y de los Peces (1647), Archbishop's Palace, Madrid Ciego tocando la zampoña (1650), Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna References External links Biographie of Francisco Herrera the Elder at the Web Gallery of Art Francisco Herrera the Elder on Artcyclopedia Scholarly articles in English about Francisco de Herrera, the Elder both in web and PDF @ the Spanish Old Masters Gallery 1576 births 1656 deaths 16th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 17th-century Spanish painters Spanish Baroque painters Painters from Seville Catholic painters