Juan del Castillo (painter)
Juan del Castillo (* 1584 in Seville , † 1640 in Cádiz ) was a Spanish Baroque painter .
He was the youngest brother of Agustín del Castillos . Like him, Juan del Castillo also learned to paint from Luis Fernández and painted several frescoes and oil paintings, mainly for church buildings in and around Seville, but also in Granada and Cádiz. His students included his brother-in-law Alonso Cano and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Pedro de Moya , Andro de Medina , Juan de Valdés Leal and his nephew Antonio . His painting was based on the Venetian style.
literature
- Castillo, Juan del . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Castillo, Juan del . In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists . tape 3 : Bülow – Cossin . Gründ, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3073-7 , pp. 575 ( oxfordindex.oup.com - beginning of article).
Web links
Commons : Juan del Castillo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Müller: Juan del Castillo. In: The artists of all times and peoples. 1857.
- ^ A. O'Neil: Castillo (Juan del) In: A Dictionary of Spanish Painters. 1833, p. 65 (English, books.google.de ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castillo, Juan del |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1584 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1640 |
| Place of death | Cadiz |