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Pedro Rodríguez de Miranda (1696–1766) was a Spanish painter of the late-

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period. Rodríguez de Miranda was born and died in

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. He was the nephew and pupil of the painter Juan García de Miranda. His early patron was Father Aller, the confessor to the prince Philip. He painted scenes from the ''Life of the blessed Caracciolo'' for the cloister of the convent of the Holy Spirit in Madrid and the ''Story of the prophet Elias'' for the chapel of St. Theresa in the church of the Convent of the barefoot

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. However, he is best known for his peopled

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and

genre paintings Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

. In analogy to the works by the Italian

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, these works were referred in Spain as ''bambochadas''. His uncle died and vacated the post of King's painter but Pedro died too soon to effectively fill the slot.

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* 1696 births 1766 deaths Painters from Madrid 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Spanish Baroque painters Spanish genre painters {{Spain-painter-stub