Juan del Castillo (c. 1590 – c. 1657) was a Spanish
Baroque
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painter. Many of his paintings became famous during his time due to his pupil,
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( , ; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporar ...
.
Del Castillo was the youngest brother of the painter
Agustín. Both were trained in painting by
Luis Fernández
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in Seville. Afterwards he painted religious
frescoes
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and oil paintings around
Seville
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, and also in
Granada
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and
Cádiz
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.
Amongst his students were his brother-in-law
Alonso Cano
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, as well as
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( , ; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporar ...
,
Pedro de Moya,
Andro de Medina and
Juan de Valdés Leal
Juan de Valdés Leal (4 May 1622 – 15 October 1690) was a Spanish painter and etcher of the Baroque era.
Career
Valdés was born in Seville in 1622. He became a painter, sculptor, and architect. By his twenties, he was studying under Anto ...
.
[A. O'Neil]
''Castillo (Juan del)''
A Dictionary of Spanish Painters, 1833, p. 65. His work was influenced by
Venetian style.
References
1590s births
1650s deaths
Spanish Baroque painters
People from Seville
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