# Fray Julián of Alcalá's Vision

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/murillo-bartolom-esteban-r2090ffefe35947>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 170 x 187 cm

## Commentary

The painting depicts Fray Julián of Alcalá&#39;s Vision of the Ascension of the Soul of King Philip II of Spain. The friar Julián directs the attention of the figures around him to a miraculous apparition in the distance - angels welcoming King Philip II of Spain into heaven. Philip died almost fifty years before this canvas was painted, and although he was never canonized, the inscription refers to him as a saint in recognition of his defense of Catholicism. Among Murillo&#39;s first major commissions, this work belonged to a decorative cycle celebrating the miracles of Franciscan saints painted for a cloister in Seville.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)