Juan Bautista de Espinosa

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Juan Bautista de Espinosa, Sebastián de Covarrubias y Orozco , 1616.

Juan Bautista de Espinosa , also Juan de Espinosa (* around 1590 ; † before 1641 in Madrid ) was a Spanish painter of the Spanish Baroque period .

Life

Little is known about his life. He was probably an orphan of humble origins raised by Eugenia de Lievana, sister of the Madrid silversmith Onofre de Espinosa. He married in 1628, the same year as Antonio Ponce , who, like Espinosa, had specialized in still lifes in order to meet the increased demand for such works after the death of Juan van der Hamen y León in 1631. His painting style is related to that of his contemporaries Arellano and Sánchez Cotán. The closeness to Flemish painting could indicate that he received his education in the Spanish Netherlands . Documents prove his work between 1612 and 1626 in Toledo and Madrid .

Juan Bautista de Espinosa also created religious pictures and portraits, but gained his popularity through his still lifes with flowers and fruits. Various wall paintings in Spanish churches are assigned to him. One of the churches is in Alcaudete .

Another Spanish still life painter who worked under an almost identical name ( Juan de Espinosa ) some time after him (roughly between 1645 and 1677) in Madrid, among others, is easy to confuse with him .

Web links

Commons : Juan Bautista de Espinosa  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • ArteHistoria Castilla y León: Personaje de Juan Bautista de Espinosa Link Spanish
  • Documentation about Alcaudete: Mention of the altarpiece of the parish church Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de María (La Catedral de la Jara), which was destroyed in 1937, link in Spanish
  • Web Gallery of Art: Biography of Juan Bautista de Espinosa Link in English
  • Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso English (PDF file; 2.49 MB) not available on Jan 11, 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c see web link ArteHistoria Castilla y León: Personaje de Juan Bautista de Espinosa
  2. ↑ see web link Web Gallery of Art: Biography of Juan Bautista de Espinosa
  3. ↑ The gilding and painting of the altar were done by Juan Bautista de Espinosa and Jorge Manuel (nephew of El Greco ), both painters and residents of Toledo. The plant was destroyed in 1937. See the Alcaudete web link via La Catedral de la Jara .
  4. ↑ The French-language Wikipedia and the biography on the Web Gallery of Art place the period of activity of the second Espinosa earlier, between 1628 and 1659
personal data
SURNAME Espinosa, Juan Bautista de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Espinosa, Juan de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1590
DATE OF DEATH before 1641
Place of death Madrid