Four hundred years of Murillo

Seville is celebrating the work of one of it's most famous sons Bartolome Estaban Murillo, who was born in 1617.  The Museum of Fine Arts here has gathered fifty-five paintings from museums around the world to showcase Murillo.  There are contributions from the Met, and from museums in London, Munich, Mexico City and numerous other places.  Even a piece from the University of Illinois in Champaign. 
Although Murillo was painting earlier than Vermeer there seem to be many similarities in their work.  The use of lighting and the use of ordinary people as models is very similar.  Even in Murillo's very religious works the figures look like ordinary people and seem very approachable.  I personally like the touching pictures of mothers and babies which are usually labeled Virgin and Christ child, but could clearly be any mother and child.  He also has many pictures of children playing and workers at various tasks.
There are a number of other museums in Seville that are showcasing Murillo art.