Antonio Palomino

Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (* 1653 in Bujalance, Córdoba Province, † April 13, 1726 in Madrid) was a Spanish painter of religious baroque frames of the Siglo de Oro, and writer on art.

Life

Palomino came from a wealthy family, who moved to Córdoba when he was ten years old. He later studied theology, philosophy and law. He also took painting lessons in 1672 with Juan de Valdés Leal, and in 1675 Juan de Alfaro y Gómez. First he copied paintings by Antonio del Castillo. 1678 he was appointed as a subdeacon to Madrid and married shortly thereafter. Here he made ​​the acquaintance of Claudio Coello and Juan Carreño de Miranda and painted several frescoes. In 1688 he was royal court painter to Charles II and was heavily influenced in his work by Luca Giordano. From 1697, he spent three or four years after Valencia and painted several frescoes, among others in the Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados and of the local Iglesia de los Santos Juanes. Between 1705 and 1715 he painted more frescoes in Salamanca, Granada and Cordoba, then in Madrid. After the death of his wife, he was ordained a priest in 1725 and died shortly afterwards.

Writings

Palomino wrote in the years 1715-1724 his three-volume work of El museo Pictorico y escala optica, the third band with a collection of 226 biographies of important artists of Spain in the 16th and 17th century art historians, special importance is attached to. The biographical information herein are essentially based on personal knowledge Palominos, partly on other relied works.

  • El museo Pictorico y escala optica, Madrid, 1715-1725 Volume 1: Teoría de la pintura, 1715
  • Volume 2: Práctica pintura, 1724
  • Volume 3: El Parnaso español y Pintoresco laureado, 1724 ( reprint 1797)

Gallery

Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados, cropping

Dome in the Cartuja de Granada

Painting on the main altar of the Mezquita de Córdoba

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