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Flemish painting enjoyed a prestige that took it to all corners of Europe, including the south of Spain. Two key figures, Pieter Kempeneer (Pedro de Campaña) and Ferdinand Sturm (Hernando de Esturmio), were both active in Seville, where they introduced the characteristics of painting of the Flemish Renaissance. The collections of the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville possess paintings by both. There are also works commissioned from great Flemish artists by prominent citizens of Seville for their private chapels, such as The Last Judgement by Maerten de Vos and paintings by Pieter Coecke, Frans Francken I, Gerard David, and Marcellus Coffermans, most of which were donated to the museum by the González Abreu brothers in 1928. 

Juan de Roelas, whose original name is unknown, originated from Flanders. He introduced naturalism to the Sevillian school of painters in the early seventeenth century. Cornelis Schut, born in Antwerp, became one of the most famous followers of Murillo. Among the Flemish Baroque works on diverse themes, two Earthly Paradises by Jan Brueghel the Younger stand out in the collection. 

Lourdes Páez Morales, Museum Curator, Seville Museum of Fine Arts (April 2024)