Gaspar de Figueroa

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DiedDecember 12, 1658(1658-12-12) (aged 63–64)
Santa Fe de Bogotá, New Kingdom of Granada
MovementBaroque
Gaspar de Figueroa
Bornc.1594
DiedDecember 12, 1658(1658-12-12) (aged 63–64)
Santa Fe de Bogotá, New Kingdom of Granada
MovementBaroque
ChildrenBaltasar Vargas de Figueroa
FatherBaltasar de Figueroa the Elder

Gaspar de Figueroa Saucedo (c.1594–1658) was a New Granadian painter.

Figueroa was born in Mariquita to painter Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder and Catalina Saucedo.[1] He learned to paint from his father, who owned a studio.

Figueroa lived the majority of his life in Santa Fe de Bogotá, where he started his own studio.[2] His son, Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter.[3]

His portrait of Cristóbal de Torres y Motones is housed at the University of Rosario.

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