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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 and 1680, he worked alongside Claudio Coello, José Jiménez Donoso, Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia and Matías de Torres, among others, to prepare the celebration of the arrival of Charles II's firs
This Spanish painter active in Madrid at the beginning of the 18th century was heir to the tradition of the Spanish baroque school at a time when it had already lost its earliest figures but continued to exist in the work of a series of painters of lesser quality. Although there were already Italian and French painters working in Philip V's court at his behest, the monarch did not seem to enjoy th
Shortly after completing initial training in his native city at Antonio del Castillo Saavedra's workshop, he moved to Madrid, where he entered Diego Velázquez's studio. His work, especially his portraits, was powerfully influenced by Velázquez, and their relation allowed him contact with Venetian and Flemish artists whose work was in the Royal Collections around 1665. While still quite young, he p