He was born in Brussels before 1559 and died in Prague in 1606. He worked under the direct orders of the emperor and possible author of his magnificent crown. The work of this artist is characterized [+]
Very little is known about this painter who worked mainly as a portraitist. His first known mention dates from 1597 and links him to Madrid and to Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, with whom he had special con [+]
Son of the gilder Salvador Viladomat, he received training from Pascual B. Savall and Juan Bautista Perramon. On the occasion of the War of Succession to the Spanish Crown, the court of the Archduke C [+]
His training is linked to Tomasso Salini, who may have been his uncle. His early specialization in flower paintings led him become that genre's most outstanding proponent in his time. His success is c [+]
The son of influential neoclassical painter José de Madrazo, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz was born in Rome, where his father was employed by Charles IV during that monarch’s exile. Federico was baptize [+]
After studying at the Academy of San Carlos in Valencia, he rapidly developed a successful career, thanks to his extraordinary artistic gift for drawing and color. After winning that academy’s general [+]
Goya was born unexpectedly in his mother’s birthplace, Fuendetodos. His parents, Braulio José Goya, a gilder; and Gracia Lucientes, from a family of wealthy farmers, actually lived in Zaragoza, where [+]
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 [+]
He was born to a family of Italian artists. His father, Fabricio, was one of the painters who came to Spain to work at El Escorial and later married a Spanish woman. His grandfather, Giovanni Battista [+]
Initially a pupil of his father and subsequently of François Lemoine, Boucher also worked in the studio of the engraver Jean-François Cars and later for Jean de Jullienne, engraving a great many of Wa [+]
After initial training with José García Hidalgo, he entered the studio of Francisco Rizi and became his most talented disciple. A close family relationship with Rizi—he married one of his teacher's go [+]