Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (* 1553 in Valladolid ; † October 26, 1608 in Madrid ) was a Spanish painter .
Life
He was a student of Alonso Sánchez Coello and in turn influenced Diego Velázquez . He worked for both Philip II and Philip III. as court painter and is considered a representative of Castilian mannerism . According to art historians, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz was one of the great Spanish portraitists of the 16th century. His portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain ( Alte Pinakothek , Munich ) is famous .
Works (excerpt)
- Portrait Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Marqués de Denia, Duque de Lerma , oil on canvas, 190 × 103 cm, Colegiata San Pedro , Lerma .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 33
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pantoja de la Cruz, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1553 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valladolid |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1608 |
| Place of death | Madrid |