Asisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro and Velasco ( Spanish: Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco ; 1655 , Buchalance - August 12, 1726 , Madrid ) is a Spanish Baroque artist , [1] better known not because of his artistic heritage, but because of his writing he has a collection of biographies of Spanish painters “Museum of Painting and Optical Rock” , covering the biographies of many masters of the Spanish Golden Age . Thanks to this work, Palomino earned the nickname "el Vasari español".
| Antonio Palomino | |
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| Spanish Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco | |
 Portrait of Palomino by Juan Bautista Simo | |
| Birth name | Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco |
| Date of Birth | 1655 |
| Place of Birth | Balance sheet |
| Date of death | August 12, 1726 |
| Place of death | Madrid |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Study | Valdes Leal |
| Style | baroque |
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Biography
He was born in 1655 in a wealthy family. As a child, he moved with his family to Cordoba , where he received a good education; studied grammar , philosophy , jurisprudence , and also received painting lessons from Juan de Valdes Leal, who lived there in 1672 , and then Juan de Alfaro and Gamez (1675). Since 1678 in Madrid , where he enjoys success, as well as the patronage of Carreño . He worked together with Claudio Coelho . [2]
In 1691 he received the post of court artist .
Between 1705 and 1715 he lived in Salamanca , Granada and Cordoba , and then in Madrid .
Painting
His manner bears the imprint of the influence of the Neapolitan Luke Giordano - these are the first works of Palomino in Madrid . He was known as the creator of painting cycles - the plafonds of the city hall in Madrid , the church of Valencia - Saints Juan ( 1697 ) and the Virgen de los Desamparados ( 1701 ). In Salamanca , the church of San Esteban created a large fresco “The Triumph of the Church” ( 1705 ), while in the Granadian Carthusian monastery his best works, already marked by Rococo features, have been preserved.
Pictures
- Confession of St. Peter,
- frescoes in the church of San Juan del Mercado and
- The Basilica of Dezparap in Valencia,
- 5 paintings of the great altar representing San Fernando, the ghost and martyrdom of San Aisclo and Santa Victoria in the Cathedral of Cordoba,
- fresco on the doors in the church of San Esteban de Salamanca,
- painting of San Antonio de Padua in Sigüenza,
- St. Thomas Aquinas from the Museum of Sacred Art of Malaga.
Picture Gallery
Allegory of the Air - Prado Museum, Madrid.
St. Joseph's Dream - Prado Museum, Madrid.
Dome of Sagrario
Dome in Valencia
Church Triumph - Monastery of San Esteban, Salamanca
Escape from Egypt
Sleeping jesus
Composition
The most important legacy of Palomino is not his painting, but his biographical book about Spanish artists. The Museum of Painting and the Optical School itself ( Museo pictórico y escala óptica ), written in 1715–1724 , had three volumes, the first two of which were devoted to the theory and practice of painting, and were not very popular. But the third ( El Parnaso español pintoresco laureado ), became the main written source about episodes of the life of many Spanish masters.
Death
After the death of his wife in 1725 , Palomino became a priest .
He died on August 12, 1726 in Madrid .
See also
Baroque
The Golden Age of Spain
Valdes Leal, Juan de
Court painter
Notes
- ↑ Antonio Palomino - Oxford Reference . - DOI : 10.1093 / oi / authority.20110803100303179 .
- ↑ Palomino De Castro Y Velasco | Spanish painter (English) , Encyclopedia Britannica . Date of appeal September 21, 2017.
Links
- Palomino i Velasco, Antonio // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Antonio Palomino - tips for beginning artists from the book "Museum of Painting and the School of Optics".