Francisco Pacheco del Río
Francisco Pacheco del Río , also called Francisco Pacheco (* 1564 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda , † 1644 in Seville ) was a Spanish painter , art theorist and poet .
Live and act
Pacheco grew up in modest circumstances. After the early death of his father, he came to Seville to see his uncle, who sent him to Luis Fernández's workshop . Later he built a successful workshop and in 1611 a painting school called "Academia Sevillana" . In 1611 Pacheco traveled to Madrid and Toledo , where he met El Greco . In the same year Diego Velázquez became his student, who married his daughter in 1618. Velázquez also made a portrait of his teacher, it hangs today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Other successful students of Pacheco del Río were Alonso Cano (1601–1667) and Francisco López Caro (1600–1661).
Pacheco served as a painter censor for the Inquisition in Seville. He was one of the founders of the Spanish naturalistic style and he played an important role in the transition from Mannerism to Baroque . From 1623 to 1625 he worked as court painter to the Spanish King Philip IV in Madrid, but devoted himself to writing after his return to Seville. His work "Arte de la pintura, su antiquedad y grandeza" appeared posthumously in 1649 and was an important contribution to the Spanish Paragone .
Major works
painting
- Virgin of Belen , 1590, Granada Cathedral
- John the Baptist , 1597, Iglesia de Santa María de las Nieves , Bogotá
- A series of paintings for the Convento de la Merced in Seville, 1600–1611
- Drawing of Saint Jerome , 1602, Uffizi Gallery , Florence
- Frescoes on the main roof of the Casa de Pilatos , 1604, Seville
- Annunciation , 1605, Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba
- Altarpieces for the Iglesia del Santo Ángel in Seville, 1608, Museo del Prado , Madrid
- Last Judgment , 1611 ( stolen for Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult in 1810 , brought to France, sold after his death), Goya Museum , Castres
- Christ in the desert, served by angels , 1615, Goya Museum, Castres
- The dream of St. Joseph , 1617–1620, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando , Madrid
- Mystical wedding of Agnes of Rome , around 1628, Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Fonts
- Arte de la pintura, su antigüedad y su grandeza , Seville 1649
- Libro de descripción de verdaderos retratos de ilustres y memorables varones , manuscripts from the years 1599 to 1637, first published by José María Asensio in 1886
Web links
- Libro de descripción de verdaderos retratos de ilustres y memorables varones , Seville, 1599. Full frames .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Junta de Andalucía: Velázquez y Sevilla: Estudios , 1999, p. 43.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pacheco del Río, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pacheco, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter, art theorist and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1564 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sanlúcar de Barrameda |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1644 |
| Place of death | Seville |