Gaspar de Figueroa

Gaspar de Figueroa
Bornc. 1594
Mariquita, New Kingdom of Granada
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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References

  1. ^ Stratton, Suzanne L.; Stratton-Pruitt, Suzanne L. (2006). The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600-1825, from the Thoma Collection. Skira. ISBN 978-88-7624-698-2.
  2. ^ Colombia Today. Colombia Information Service, Colombia Center. 1974.
  3. ^ Arellano, Fernando (1988). El arte hispanoamericano (in Spanish). Universidad Catolica Andres. ISBN 978-980-244-017-7.
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