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Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under
Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El ...
, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint
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of Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia.
Segovia is in the Inner Plateau (''Meseta central''), near the northern slopes of th ...
, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' ''Historia de Segovia'' (Madrid, 1640), and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in Bonet's book ' ("Summary of the letters and the art of teaching speech to the mute") .Bryan,1886-9
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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown People from Toledo, Spain 17th-century Spanish people 17th-century engravers Spanish engravers {{engraver-stub