Antonio Fernández Arias (around 1614 – 1684) was a Spanish painter of the

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period. He was born in

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to a Galician father. He was a precocious pupil of

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, and employed at the age of 11 years to assist in painting the main altar of chapel of Carmen Calzado de

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. By 22 years, he was one of the more prized painters in Madrid, employed by the Conde-Duque de Olivares along with Francisco Camilo and Alonso Cano to paint the portraits in the Hall of the Kings of the Royal Palace of Madrid. He never lacked commissions, he painted 11 paintings for the cloister of the convent of Augustines at San Felipe el Real, in which he represented among other topics, the ''Passion of Christ'' and the ''Baptism of Saint Cines''. He painted ''Sts. Peter, Paul, John, and other saints'' for the order of Agonizantes de la calle de Fuencarral. Arias died poor in the general hospital of

Works

* ''Retablo de los carmelitas calzados'', Toledo (1628, lost) * ''Carlos V y Felipe II'' (''Charles V and Philip II'') (1639, University of Granada) * ''La Virgen del Rosario'' (164.., Madrid, San Pascual) * ''Cristo recogiendo sus vestiduras'' (1645, Convento de las Carboneras, Madrid) * ''La moneda del César'' (1646, Museo del Prado) * ''Virgen con el niño Jesús'' (c. 1655, Museo del Prado) * ''San Agustín y Santa Mónica'' (''Saints Augustine and Monica) (1656, Santa Isabel Monastery, Madrid) * ''Camino del Calvario'' (''Road to Calvary'') (1657, Convento de San Pascual, Madrid), originally executed for the cloister of the Convent of San Felipe el Real in Madrid * ''Lavatorio de los pies a los apóstoles'' (1657, Museo de Pontevedra). * ''Virgen con Cristo muerto en los brazos y San Juan'' (1658, León, Carvajalas Monastery) * ''San Antonio Abad'' (1675, lower part of the Convento de don Juan de Alarcón de Madrid).

Gallery

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and Child Jesus'' File:Carlos I y Felipe II.jpg, ''Charles V and Philip II'' File:Antonio Arias Fernández - La moneda del César.jpg, ''Caesar's coin'', depicting Jesus Christ saying " Render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." File:Cristo con la Cruz a cuestas, encuentra a la Verónica (Museo del Prado).jpg, Veronica and the Carrying of Christ File:La Virgen del Rosario, de Antonio Arias Fernández (Museo del Prado).jpg, ''The

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References

Antonio Palomino Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (165513 April 1726) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, and a writer on art, author of ''El Museo pictórico y escala óptica'', which contains a large amount of important biographical mate ...

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An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects ''An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects'' is a book written by the Spanish painter Antonio Palomino and dedicated to the biographies of the most eminent artists who worked in Spain during t ...

'', 1724, first English translation, 1739, p. 11 *Pérez Sánchez, Alonso E., ''Pintura Barroca en España'', 1600-1750. Editorial Cátedra, Madrid * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Arias, Antonio 1684 deaths 17th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters Spanish Baroque painters Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain