Benito Manuel Agüero Explained
Benito Manuel Agüero (1624–1668) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Madrid as a landscape and battle painter.
Career
Agüero was born in Burgos and was trained under Alonso Cano. Agüero's work included landscapes and representations of mythology and religion. He also contributed to the Buen Retiro and Aranjuez palace decorations.[1]
He was a favorite of the King Philip IV.[2] He was a pupil of Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. He died in Madrid.
Further reading
- Book: Bryan, Michael. 1886. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . I A-K . Robert Edmund Graves . 9. George Bell and Sons. London .
- Book: Boni, Filippo de'. 1852. Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. 6 . Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. Venice; Googlebooks .
- Aterido Fernández, Ángel, Corpus Alonso Cano: documentos y textos, Madrid, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, 2002, p. 249.
- Fernández García, Matías, Parroquia madrileña de San Sebastián. Algunos personajes de su archivo, Madrid, 1995,, p. 133.
- Barrio Moya, José Luis, El platero palentino Melchor de Astudillo, tasador de las joyas y objetos de plata de doña Bernardina Hurtado y Valdivieso (1665), PITTM, 80, Palencia, 2009, pp. 493–502, p. 495.
- Palomino, Antonio (1988). El museo pictórico y escala óptica III. El parnaso español pintoresco laureado. Madrid : Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones. .
- Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E. (1992). Baroque Painting in Spain 1600–1750. Madrid : Ediciones Cátedra. .
- Urrea, Jesús y otros (1995). Painters During the Reign of Philip IV (Pintores del reinado de Felipe IV). Madrid : Museo del Prado. .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Agüero, Benito Manuel de . Museo Del Prado . 9 October 2023.
- Boni, Page 8
