Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet
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Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668[1]) was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet.[2]
Biography
Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at Córdoba, Spain.
He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634.[3] Later he was taught in Seville by Francisco de Zurbarán and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya.[4] In 1635 he returned to Córdoba,[5] where he painted frescoes and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina).[6]
He died at Córdoba in 1668.
Gallery
Monumental staircase in the convent of San Pablo
Santa María Magdalena y Santa Catalina
San Pedro Mártir
Santo Tomás de Aquino
San Vicente Ferrer
Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Aparición de San Pablo a San Fernando
San Francisco de Asís
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Three final paintings missing: San Antonio de Padua, San Buenaventura[7] and San Bernardino de Siena.
