Bernardo Germán de Llórente

Training under Cristobal López is recorded. Lorenzo Quiros is recorded as having studied under Bernardo Germán de Llórente. The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid and Seville. Work by Bernardo Germán de Llórente is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado and Carmen Thyssen Museum.

Bernardo Germán de Llórente was born and died in Seville. He likely first studied with his father and was then a pupil of Cristóbal López, a modest 'market painter' who was considered a follower of Murillo. He learned from his master to adequately imitate the palette of Murillo. Father Isidoro de Sevilla, a capuchin missionary, commissioned from him a Virgin in shepherd dress. This painting brought him fame and many similar requests. He so frequently painted the Virgin Mary as a shepherdess that he was called the “painter of shepherdesses ('el pintor de las pastoras'). In these works he showed himself such a faithful follower of Murillo that his Divine shepherdess in the Prado Museum was for years believed to have been painted by Murillo. • Illustration — Wine or Allegory of taste When the Spanish court was residing in Sevilla c. 1730, he was asked by Queen Isabel Farnese to paint a portrait of her son Don Philip. The Portrait of Don Philip at about age 10 shows him dressed in the fashion of the time, in a red coat with rich silver embroidery, the stars of the Holy Spirit and an azure blue sash. The work shows the influence of the Bourbon court painter Jean Ranc, whom Llórente had the opportunity to meet during his stay in Seville. The Queen was so happy with the portrait that she gave him several gifts, including François Boucher's set of prints of the Battle of Alexandria. Llórente was called to Madrid by Philip V, who desired to make him court painter. He declined the honor, preferring an independent life. In 1735, he was inducted into the Academia Real de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Llórente was known for his trompe-l'œil still lifes, a genre that was quite popular in Andalusia at the time. An example is the Wine or the Allegory of taste at the Louvre. This composition contains several symbols of wine and taste. The engraving on the wall is signed by Pedro de Campolargo, a Flemish painter and engraver who worked first in Antwerp and then in Seville from 1640. The Latin inscriptions outline the rules of a pious life.

The authorities additionally record the headings Bernardo Germán Lorente, Bernardo Germán de Llorente, Bernardo Lorente Germán, Bernardo Luis Lorente and Germano Lhorente. His recorded language was Spanish.