An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects

An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects is a book written by the Spanish painter Antonio Palomino and dedicated to the biographies of the most eminent artists who worked in Spain during the so-called Siglo de Oro, the golden age of Spanish art.

It was published for the first time in the original Spanish edition in 1724, entitled El parnaso español pintoresco y laureado and appearing as the third and last volume of Palomino's El museo pictorico y escala optica, featuring also biographies of Italian artists who worked in Spain (Pietro Torrigiano, Tiziano, Sofonisba Anguissola, Federico Zuccari, Luca Giordano and many others) as well as Flemish artists (Antonio Moro, Pieter Paul Rubens). The book includes the first biographies ever published of many Spanish artists, Diego Velázquez among others,[1][2] and was translated and published in English, French and German during the 18th century; the English translation appeared in 1739.

The book has been described as "the starting point for all students of Spanish painting".[3]

Artists treated

Note: page numbers next to artists' names refer to the English edition of 1739 (see external links below).

  • Geronimo de Bobadilla; p. 100
  • Don Juan de Alfaro (Juan de Alfaro y Gamez); p. 101
  • Enrique de la Marinas; p. 104
  • Jacinto Geronimo de Espinosa; p. 105
  • Juan de Guzman; p. 105
  • Joseph Romani (maybe the Italian painter Giuseppe Romani); p. 106
  • Jusepe Martinez and his son; p. 108
  • Juan Montero de Roxas; p. 109
  • Don Francisco de Solis; p. 109
  • Dionis Mantuano; p. 110
  • Antonio de Arias Fernandez; p. 111
  • Don Juan de Revenga; p. 112
  • Don Francisco Rici; p. 112
  • Alonzo del Barco; p. 113
  • Ignacio de Iriarte; p. 114
  • Don Francisco de Herrera; p. 115
  • Don Juan Carregno (Juan Carreño de Miranda); p. 117
  • Don Bartholome Murillo; p. 119
  • Don Joseph Ramirez; p. 122
  • Don Joseph Donoso; p. 122
  • Manuel Gutierrez; p. 124
  • Simon de Leon Leal; p. 124
  • Lorenzo de Soto; p. 125
  • Pedro Athanasio (Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra); p. 126
  • Nicolas de Villacis; p. 127
  • Antonio Castrejon; p. 127
  • Sebastian Munoz; p. 128
  • Juan de Valdes (Juan de Valdés Leal); p. 129
  • Juan de Laredo; p. 130
  • Bartolome Perez; p. 130
  • Claudio Coello; p. 131
  • Pedro de Mena; p. 132
  • Juan Arnau; p. 133
  • Gabriel de la Corte; p. 133
  • Juan de Sevilla; p. 134
  • Joseph de Ciezar (José De Cieza); p. 135
  • Juan Cano de Arevalo; p. 135
  • Diego Gonzales de la Vega; p. 136
  • Juan Nino de Guevara; p. 136
  • Alonso del Arco; p. 138
  • Eugenio Gutierrez de Torices; p. 139
  • Pedro Roldan; p. 139
  • Pedro Nunez de Villavicencio; p. 140
  • Francisco Ochoa y Antonilez (Francisco Antolínez); p. 141
  • Alonso de los Rios; p. 142
  • Francisco Guirro; p. 143
  • Mateo Gilarte; p. 143
  • Bartholome Vicente; p. 144
  • Francisco de Vera Cabeza de Baca; p. 145
  • Pablo Rabiella, Francisco Plano (Francisco del Plano); p. 145
  • Gregorio de Mesa; p. 146
  • Miguel de Rubiales; p. 146
  • Isidoro Arredondo; p. 147
  • Mosen Vicente Bru; p. 148
  • Vicente de Benavides; p. 148
  • Luisa Roldan; p. 149
  • Lucas Jordan (Luca Giordano); p. 150
  • Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia; p. 156
  • Joachin Juncola; p. 158
  • Senen Vila; p. 159
  • Juan Vanchesel (Jan van Kessel, junior); p. 161
  • Francisco Perez Sierra; p. 162
  • Pedro Ruiz Gonzales; p. 164
  • Geronimo Secano; p. 165
  • Lorenzo Montero; p. 166
  • Mathias de Torres; p. 167
  • Francesco Leonardoni; p. 169
  • Juan Conchillos; p. 170
  • Vicente Victoria; p. 172
  • Gaspar de la Huerta; p. 173
  • Joseph de Mora; p. 174

References
  1. "Palomino de Castro y Velasco, [Acisclo] Antonio". Dictionary of Art Historians. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. Wolf, Norbert, Velázquez, Taschen, Köln, 2000, p.95, (Italian edition) ISBN 3822864471.
  3. Enggas, Robert; Brown, Jonathan (1992). Italian and Spanish Art, 1600-1750: Sources and Documents. Northwestern University Press. p. 180. ISBN 0810110652.
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