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Eugenio Caxés (1577- 1642) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.

He was born into a Florentine family in Madrid, and wrote his name in a variety of ways (Cajés, Cazés, Caxesi, and Caxete). His father, Patricio, was a disciple of Alessandro Allori and was recruited to Spain by the ambassador Luis de Requesens. Caxés painted in the Royal palaces of King Felipe II. He married the daughter of the disgraced Juan Manzano, master carpenter for the Escorial and who died in a fall from a scaffold.

Caxés was commissioned by the adminisatration of Felipe III to decorate the room for royal audiences, where he painted a Judgement of Solomon in the vault. He was appointed Painter to the King in August of 1612. He was prolific in Madrid. Along with Vincenzo Carducci he painted the chapel of Our lady del Sagrario in Toledo, and the canvases of the retablo mayor del monasterio de Guadalupe. He was awarded 11.000 reales, for a large historical canvas on the history of Agamemnon (now lost). Among his pupils are Luis Fernandez and the barrister Valpuesta.

He was the editor of a biography of Spanish painter, called the Abecedario Pittorico. He opposed a fee propose to extend the alcabala to painters.

References

Madrazo, Pedro de (1872). Catálogo Descriptivo e Histórico del Museo del Prado de Madrid (Parte Primera: Escuelas Italianas y Españolas). Calle del Duque de Osuna #3; Original from Oxford University, Digitized May 1, 2007: M. Rivadeneyra. pp. pages 381-382. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location (link)

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 '''Eugenio Caxés''' ([[1577]]- [[1642]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] painter of the [[Baroque]] period.
-Born and died in Madrid. He was born from a [[Florence|Florentine]] family in Spain, and wrote his name in a variety of ways (Cajés, Cazés, Caxesi, and Caxete). He was the editor of a biography of Spanish painter, called the ''Abecedario Pittorico''. His father, Patricio, was a disciple of [[Alessandro Allori]] and was recruited to Spain by the ambassador Luis de Requesens. He painted in the Royal palaces of [[King Felipe II]]. He married the daughter of the disgraced Juan Manzano, master carpenter for the [[Escorial]] and who died from a scaffold fall.
+He was born into a [[Florence|Florentine]] family in [[Madrid]], and wrote his name in a variety of ways (Cajés, Cazés, Caxesi, and Caxete). His father, Patricio, was a disciple of [[Alessandro Allori]] and was recruited to Spain by the ambassador Luis de Requesens. Caxés painted in the Royal palaces of [[King Felipe II]]. He married the daughter of the disgraced Juan Manzano, master carpenter for the [[Escorial]] and who died in a fall from a scaffold.
-Caxes was commissioned by the adminisatration of Felipe III to decorate the room for royal audiences, where he painted a ''Judgement of Solomon'' in the vault. He was appointed Painter to the king in August of 1612. He was prolific in madrid. Along with [[Vincenzo Carducci]] he painted the chapel of Our lady del Sagrario in [[Toledo]], and the canvases of the retablo mayor del monasterio de Guadalupe. He was awarded 11.000 reales, for a large historical canvas on the ''history of Agamemnon'' (now lost). Among his puils are [[Luis Fernandez]] and the barrister Valpuesta.
+Caxés was commissioned by the adminisatration of Felipe III to decorate the room for royal audiences, where he painted a ''Judgement of Solomon'' in the vault. He was appointed Painter to the King in August of 1612. He was prolific in Madrid. Along with [[Vincenzo Carducci]] he painted the chapel of Our lady del Sagrario in [[Toledo]], and the canvases of the retablo mayor del monasterio de Guadalupe. He was awarded 11.000 reales, for a large historical canvas on the ''history of Agamemnon'' (now lost). Among his pupils are [[Luis Fernandez]] and the barrister Valpuesta.
-He opposed a fee propose to extend the alcabala to painters.
+He was the editor of a biography of Spanish painter, called the ''Abecedario Pittorico''. He opposed a fee propose to extend the alcabala to painters.
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