Juan Caro de Tavira explained

Juan Caro de Tavira was a Spanish painter, who flourished in the 17th century. He was a native of Carmona and pupil of Francisco de Zurbarán. He died young, but his skill procured him the cross of Santiago from Philip IV of Spain.

References

• Book: Bryan, Michael. 1886. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . I.: A-K . Walter Armstrong . Robert Edmund Graves . 235 . George Bell and Sons. London .