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He must have been quite young when he arrived in Madrid and became a disciple of Carreño, as he is mentioned as a "master painter" living in Carreño's house in 1666. Among his very few known works are [+]
Because all the information that we have on Clara Peeters comes from her paintings, we have to content ourselves with trying to piece together a limited biography. Her first picture dates from 1607. H [+]
Born in a town halfway between Ferrara and Bologna, Barbieri soon received the nickname "Il Guercino" owing to his squint ("quercio" in Italian means cross-eyed). He was chiefly self taught in a parti [+]
One of the leading representatives of Madrid’s baroque school, he was born to a Portuguese family settled in that city. His father, a bronze worker by profession, sent him to Francisco Rizi’s studio t [+]
Born to a modest painter of the same name, he appeared in Madrid around 1641, when he entered the workshop of Carreño de Miranda and became one of his most promising disciples. In fact, he probably co [+]
In the late sixteen-sixties, this disciple of Alonso Cano became the most active artist in his native city. In 1665-1666, he made a series of canvases for the cloister of the convent of Nuestra Señora [+]