Antonio Palomino

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Antonio Palomino.

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

Life

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

Fonts

Between 1715 and 1724, Palomino wrote his three-volume work El museo pictórico y escala óptica , the third volume of which, with a collection of 226 biographies on important Spanish artists in the 16th and 17th centuries, is given particular importance by art historians. The biographical information contained herein is essentially based on personal knowledge of Palomino, in part also on other works referred to.

  • El museo pictórico y escala óptica. Madrid, 1715-1725
    • Volume 1: Teórica de la pintura. 1715
    • Volume 2: Práctica de la pintura. 1724
    • Volume 3: El parnaso español pintoresco y laureado. 1724 (new edition 1797)

gallery

  • Dome of the Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados, Valencia

  • Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados, image detail

  • Dome in the Cartuja de Granada

  • Painting on the high altar of the Mezquita de Córdoba

Web links

Commons : Antonio Palomino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Palomino y Velasco, Don Antonio . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 12, p. 837.
  2. ↑ Palomino, Acislo Antonio . Web Gallery of Art
  3. ^ Palomino de Castro y Velasco, (Acisclo) Antonio . Dictionary of Art Historians.
  4. ↑ German: The Picture Museum and the Levels of the Optical
    English: The Pictorial Museum and Optical Scale
  5. ^ Translations into other languages:
    English: An Account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects. Translation from 1939, London 1942.
    French: Histoire abregée des plus fameux peintres, sculpteurs et architectes Espagnols . Paris 1749.
    German: Life of all Spanish and foreign painters, sculptors and builders who made themselves famous in Spain through their works. Dresden 1781.
personal data
SURNAME Palomino, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palomino, Antonio (short form); Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Acisclo Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter, art writer and clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1653
PLACE OF BIRTH Bujalance , Province of Cordoba
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1726
Place of death Madrid