Lorenzo Quiros (1717–1789) was a Spanish historical painter, and imitator of Murillo. He was born at Santos in

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. He studied at

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under Bernardo German Llórente, then he went to

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, but his turbulent disposition induced him to abandon the patronage of

Corrado Giaquinto Corrado Giaquinto (8 February 1703 – 18 April 1766) was an Italian Rococo painter. Early training and move to Rome He was born in Molfetta. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, (c. 1667–1725), escaping the r ...

and

Anton Rafael Mengs Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German Neoclassical painter. Early life Mengs was born on 12 March 1728, at Ústí nad Labem in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs, a Danish-born painter who eventually ...

, who were disposed to employ him. He returned to Seville, where he remained for twenty years without ever acquainting anyone with his place of residence. He sold copies of the works of Murillo. He left works at Madrid, at the Royal Academy of San Fernando, at Canalla,

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and

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* 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Spanish Baroque painters Painters from Seville 1717 births 1789 deaths {{Spain-painter-stub