The Soul of Baroque Murcia Francisco Salzillo y Alcaraz stands as the preeminent voice of the Spanish Baroque in the eighteenth century, a master whose hands breathed life into wood to create some of the most profound religious imagery in European history. Born in 1707 in Murcia, Spain, his artistic destiny was woven from the very fibers of his family's workshop. As the son of Nicolás Salzillo, a Neapolitan sculptor who brought the dramatic sensibilities of Italy to Spanish soil, Francisco was raised in an environment where art and devotion were inseparable. This lineage provided him with mo…