José García Hidalgo (1645 or 1646 – 1717 or 1719) was a Spanish painter, who wrote notes of his life, but omitted to state where and when he was born. Later research showed that he was born in

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in 1646. He was named by the artists of the day ''El Castellano.''

Biography

He studied in the city of

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under

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and

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. After passing some years under those masters he went to Italy, and at Rome became a scholar of

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, under whose tuition he made considerable progress.

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, and

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assisted him with their counsels; but the climate of Italy proving detrimental to his health, he returned to Spain, where he attached himself to

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, and, though far advanced in the art, worked as a young pupil. In 1674 he went to Madrid, and was employed by Charles II in a series of twenty-four pictures on the life of

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, for the cloisters of San Felipe el Real, which occupied him, with other commissions from the king, till 1711. He was also much employed by

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, who made him his principal painter in 1703, and shortly after a chevalier of the order of St. Michael. In the latter part of his life he retired to the convent of San Felipe, and died there probably in 1719. He published ''Principios para estudiar la nobilissima arte de la Pintura'' (1691) and several other works on anatomy and painting for the benefit of students. His productions are at Madrid, Valencia,

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, San Jago, and

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Works

His works included ''Marie Louise of Orleans'' (1679) which is now in the Prado, ''Saint Augustine'' (1663) and ''Two Fathers Painting the Virgin'' (c. 1670–1719, oil on linen: 185 x 146 cm.) which is also at the Prado.

Notes

References

*Barrio Moya, José Luis
''El pintor José García Hidalgo, tasador de las pinturas de don Manuel Coloma, segundo marqués de Canales''
(1713). Attribution: *

External links

Digital Works of José García Hidalgo
at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanic Digital Library) at the National Library of Spain 1640s births 1710s deaths 17th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists People from Alto Vinalopó Court painters {{Spain-painter-stub