Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668) was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet. Castillo-jose vendido

Biography

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at

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. He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634. Later he was taught in

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and by his uncle

Juan del Castillo Juan del Castillo (c. 1590 – c. 1657) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Many of his paintings became famous during his time due to his pupil, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Del Castillo was the youngest brother of the painter Agustín. Both were tra ...

, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya. In 1635 he returned to Córdoba, where he painted

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and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina).''Castillo, Antonio del''
He died at Córdoba in 1668.

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1616 births 1668 deaths People from Córdoba, Spain Spanish Baroque painters Spanish Baroque sculptors Baroque writers Spanish male sculptors {{Spain-sculptor-stub