Antonio García Reinoso (1623–1677), a Spanish painter, was born at

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, and studied under Sebastián Martínez Domedel, an artist of some eminence, at Jaen. He painted landscapes and historical subjects; and there are several of his works noticed by

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, particularly an

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in the church of the

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, representing the ''Trinity,'' with several Saints. There are also some of his pictures in the churches and private collections at Cordova, in which city he died. At the Teatro el jardinito de Cabra, the hall of expositions is named after him.Reinoso", a painters' cultural association.

Works

*''Immaculate Conception'' (oil on panel, 173 x 115 cm), Museo de Bellas Artes, Córdoba. *Project for a retable with an allegory of the venerable third order, drawing from 1663, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba *Series of four panels of Ferdinand III the Holy (made around 1675–76) at the Córdoba Cathedral: **Saint Ferdinand in the conquest of Baeza **Saint Ferdinand in the conquest of Córdoba **Saint Ferdinand in the conquest of Seville **Saint Ferdinand with the universal monarch. *Frescoes at the Real Iglesia de Santa Marta (Royal Church) in Martos

Notes

References

*Manteca Cano, Pilar. ''Antonio García Reinoso the Painter''. Tesis de licenciatura. 1977. 54–55; Madrid, 1977. *

Antonio Palomino Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (165513 April 1726) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, and a writer on art, author of ''El Museo pictórico y escala óptica'', which contains a large amount of important biographical mate ...

, '' An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects'', 1724, first English translation, 1739, p. 97 Attribution: *

External links

Digital works of Antonio García Reinoso
at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanica Digital Library) at the

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