Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra explained

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
Birth Date:10 July 1616
Birth Place:Córdoba, Spain
Death Place:Córdoba, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Known For:painting, sculpture
Movement:Baroque

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.answers.com/topic/antonio-c-novas-del-castillo-2 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  2. http://wikanda.cordobapedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Antonio_del_castillo_placa.jpg Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
  3. http://www.museodelprado.es/es/submenu/enciclopedia/buscador/voz/castillo-saavedra-antonio-del/ Castillo Saavedra, Antonio del
  4. http://www.textlog.de/10752.html Juan del Castillo
  5. http://wikanda.cordobapedia.es/wiki/Antonio_del_Castillo_y_Saavedra Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
  6. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/C/Castillo/Castillo.htm Castillo, Antonio del