Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (12 May 1638 – 1688) was a Spanish painter, born at

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Biography

He was a scholar of

Alonso Cano Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano (19 March 16013 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.Juan de Sevilla Romero, but, according to

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, improved himself in colouring by studying the works of Pedro de Moya and

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. In the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia, at Granada, is a picture by him of the 'Conception,' and at the College of the Jesuits is one of his most esteemed works, representing the 'Conversion of St. Paul'. He was vain and arrogant, and boasted his superiority to all the artists of his time; but on being challenged to a contest of ability by Mathias de Torres, he slunk from the trial, and left

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. His works were, however, much coveted, and no collection was considered complete without a specimen. He died at Granada in 1688. The ''Death of St. Clara'' by him is in the Hermitage,

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Bocanegra Virgen con el niño Santa Isabel y San Juanito

Selected works

* ''Triumph of David'' (''Triunfo de David'') (

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, Madrid) * ''Virgin and Child with Saints Isabel and Hyacinth'' (''Virgen con el Niño y Santa Isabel y San Juanito'') (Museo del Prado, Madrid) * ''Alegoría de la peste'' (

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, Castres) * ''Immaculate Conception'' (''Inmaculada Concepción'') (Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro, Vitoria) * ''Adoration of the Eucharist'' (''Adoración de la Eucaristia'') (convento de las Góngoras, Madrid) * ''Allegory of Justice'' (''Alegoría de la Justicia'') (1676, Academia de San Fernando, Madrid) * ''Virgen con el Niño y retratos'' (Private collection, Madrid) * ''Saint Felix of Valois'' (''San Félix de Valois'') (Santa Ana Chapel,

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) * ''Saint John de Mata'' (''San Juan de Mata'') (Santa Ana Chapel, Granada Cathedral)

References

Scholarly articles
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, ''

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. 126 Attribution: * 1638 births 1688 deaths People from Granada Spanish Baroque painters 17th-century Spanish people {{Spain-painter-stub Catholic painters