Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos, Gregorio

Gregorio Vázquez de Arce y Ceballos ( Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos ) ( May 9, 1638 - August 6, 1711 ) - artist of Latin America of the colonial era.

Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos
Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos
Date of Birth	May 9, 1638 ( 1638-05-09 )
Place of Birth	Santa Fe de Bogota , New Granada , Spanish Empire
Date of death	August 6, 1711 ( 1711-08-06 ) (73 years old)
Place of death	Santa Fe de Bogota , New Granada , Spanish Empire
Nationality	Spanish empire
Genre	painting
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Gregorio Vazquez de Arce y i Ceballos was born on May 9, 1638 in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá in New Granada (now Bogotá , Colombia ). Gregorio had Andalusian roots, as his ancestors moved to South America from Seville in the 16th century.

Gregorio Vazquez is considered the greatest artist of Colombia, who lived and worked in the heyday of the Baroque style . Most of his paintings have a religious plot, including themes about the life of Jesus Christ , the Virgin Mary and Catholic saints, as well as scenes from the New Testament . Allegorical and portraiture occupies a more modest place in his work.

The most famous works:

• series "Seasons", "Last Judgment", 1673
• "The Sermon of St. Francis Xavier", 1693
• Portrait of E. de Caldas Barbosa, 1698

A collection of 76 paintings and 106 drawings by Gregorio Vazquez became the basis of the collection of the Museum of Colonial Art in Bogota.