Miguel Jacinto was the founder of a family of artists, members of which are his younger brother, Francisco Antonio, a miniaturist, and the latter’s son Luis, the most important still-life painter of t [+]
During his life, Luca Giordano enjoyed a popularity in both Italy and Spain that plummeted after his death, due to two prejudices that have lasted until quite recently. The first was an association of [+]
Little is known about this painter, active in Amsterdam from approximately 1641 as a painter of seascapes, harbour views, beaches and winter landscapes. His early works, grey and blue seascapes, revea [+]
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 [+]
Little is known about this artist's calling and training before he became Antonio de Pereda's disciple and main collaborator. Deaf and mute from birth, he was known as "Pereda's deaf mute." In 1679 an [+]