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'''Diego de Astor''' was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under [[El Greco|Domenico Theotocopuli]], and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the [[Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda|Mint]] of [[Segovia]], and was also employed to engrave the [[Seal (emblem)|royal seals]]. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to [[Diego de Colmenares|Colmenares]]' ''Historia de Segovia'' (Madrid, 1640), and that to [[Juan Pablo Bonet|Bonet]]'s book on 'Speech for the Dumb'.<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886-9</ref>
'''Diego de Astor''' was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under [[El Greco|Domenico Theotocopuli]], and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the [[Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda|Mint]] of [[Segovia]], and was also employed to engrave the [[Seal (emblem)|royal seals]]. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to [[Diego de Colmenares|Colmenares]]' ''Historia de Segovia'' (Madrid, 1640), and that to [[Juan Pablo Bonet|Bonet]]'s book on 'Speech for the Dumb'.<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886-9</ref>


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Letter "A" from the sign language book by Juan Pablo Bonet, 1620.

Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' Historia de Segovia (Madrid, 1640), and that to Bonet's book on 'Speech for the Dumb'.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Bryan,1886-9

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "ASTOR, Diego de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.