Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos (May 9, 1638 – August 6, 1711), commonly referred to as Gregorio Vásquez, was a Spanish Neogranadine

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, one of the leading artists of the

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movement, which extended from the mid 17th to the late 18th century in the

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. Most of the artwork of Vásquez depicts the life of

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, the

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s and scenes of the

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. Vásquez was born in Bogotá, in a

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family of

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n origin. The Vásquez family emigrated from

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in the 16th century. He received art classes in the St Bartolome College and as apprentice of the painter Baltasar Vargas de Figueroaa. In 1701, Vásquez went to prison due to his involvement with the kidnapping of Doña María Teresa de Orgaz from the Santa Clara Convent. When he left prison, he got into deep poverty and went insane, never to paint again. Finally, he died in 1711 in Bogotá. In 1863 the Colombian government placed a commemorative plaque in the house where Vasquez was born and died (Calle 11 No. 3-99).

Gallery

Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos - Allegory of the Immaculate Conception - 17th-century.jpg, Allegory of the Immaculate Conception Trinidad.jpg, "Holy

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", by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos. Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos - Saint Rose of Lima -sXVII -Museo de Arte Colonial Bogota.jpg, Saint Rose of Lima (1680) by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos. Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasquez De Arce Y Ceballos, Gregory Baroque painters Spanish portrait painters Colombian painters Colombian male painters Catholic painters 1638 births 1711 deaths Artists from the Viceroyalty of Peru