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Juan Fernández
Juan Fernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526–1579), Spanish mannerist painter *Juan Fernández el Labrador (died 1657), Spanish painter *Juan Fernández de Rojas (1750–1819), Spanish writer and humorist *Juan Fernández de Alarcon (born 1956), actor from the Dominican Republic *Juan Fernández Mejías (born 1957), Spanish actor known from ''La mala educación'' and ''7 días al desnudo'' *Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto (born 1987), Spanish-American pianist Politics and law *Juan Fernández de Olivera (1560–1612), governor of Spanish Florida *Juan Mora Fernández (1784–1854), Costa Rica's first elected head of state *Juan Manuel Fernández de Jaúregui (1814–1871), Mexican acting governor of Querétaro *Juan Fernández Sánchez Navarro (born 1977), Mexican politician * Juan Fernández (politician), American politician * Juan Fernández Albarrán (1901–1972), Mexican politician Religion *Juan Fernández Temiño (died 1556), Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Fernández Navarrete
Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526 – 28 March 1579), or "de Navarrete", called ''El Mudo'' (The Mute), was a Spanish Mannerist painter, born at Logroño. Biography An illness in infancy deprived Navarrete of his hearing, which affected his ability to learn to speak. At a very early age he began to express his wants by sketching objects with a piece of charcoal. He received his first instructions in art from Fray Vicente de Santo Domingo, a Hieronymite monk at Estella, and also with Becerra. He visited Naples, Rome, Florence and Milan. Pellegrino Tibaldi met him in Rome in 1550. According to most accounts he was for a considerable time the pupil and assistant of Titian at Venice. In 1568 Philip II of Spain summoned him to Madrid with the title of king's painter and a salary, and employed him to execute pictures for the Escorial. During the 1560s and 1570s the huge monastery-palace of El Escorial was still under construction and Philip II was experiencing difficulties in fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
