Francisco Pérez Sierra (c. 1627 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

– 1709) was a

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painter of Spanish origin. According to

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 ...

, he was the son of a Spanish general. He was a disciple of

Aniello Falcone Aniello Falcone (15 November 16001656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as ''Ancillo Falcone''. Biography Born in Naples the son of a tradesman, he ...

and Juan de Toledo. Numerous works that he painted included the ''Immaculate Conception'', painted in 1655 in the convent of the Trinitarias de Madrid, ''Santa Ana conduciendo a la Virgen'' which is now at the

Museo del Prado The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the ...

and ''Saint Joachim'' which is now at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, he also painted ''Vase of Flowers'' in around 1690 (oil on panel, 62x43 cm) which is now at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

References

, ''

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. 162 *Palomino, Antonio (1988). ''El museo pictórico y escala óptica III. El parnaso español pintoresco laureado''. Madrid, Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones, p. 545. . *Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E. (1992). ''Baroque Paintings in Spain, 1600-1750''. Madrid, Cátedra. .

External links

Biography at the Museo del Prado Online Encyclopedia
17th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists 1627 births 1709 deaths {{Spain-painter-stub