How were Zurbaráns life-size portraits used as political statements- - national gallery -

The life-size portraits ‘Asher’ and ‘Joseph’ are among the first works by Francisco de Zurbarán to arrive in Britain. National Gallery curators Francesca Whitlum-Cooper and Daniel Sobrino Ralston follow the story of the two paintings, from the Spanish painter’s series ‘Jacob and his Twelve Sons’.