Andrés Marzo (17th century) was a Spanish painter of the
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
period.
Andrés was born in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
. He executed paintings of St. Anthony of Padua, one for the parish church of
Santa Cruz, and another for that of
Santa Catalina. He also designed the title page for a book, published in 1663, by Don
Juan Bautista de Valda
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, describing the grand festival held in the city the year before, in celebration of a bull of
Alexander VII
Pope Alexander VII (; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
He began his career as a vice-papal legate, and he held various di ...
, proclaiming the commonly revered Valencian doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not def ...
.
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17th-century Spanish painters
Spanish male painters
Spanish Baroque painters
Painters from Valencia
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