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Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra

Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet

"Antonio del Castillo" redirects here. For the 20th century couturier, see Antonio Castillo (costume designer).

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668[1]) was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet.[2]

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Joseph Sold by his Brothers, c. 1660.
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Biography

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at Córdoba, Spain.

He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634.[3] Later he was taught in Seville by Francisco de Zurbarán and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya.[4] In 1635 he returned to Córdoba,[5] where he painted frescoes and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina).[6]

He died at Córdoba in 1668.

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References

  1. [1]
    Antonio Cánovas del Castillo at answers.com
  2. [2]
    Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (Spanish), plaque at his last residence in the Calle Muñices 27, Córdoba.
  3. [3]
    Castillo Saavedra, Antonio del (Spanish), Museo Nacional del Prado.
  4. [4]
    Juan del Castillo (German) in Friedrich Müller: Die Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker
  5. [5]
    Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (Spanish), article in the Cordobapedia.
  6. [6]
    Castillo, Antonio del Archived November 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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