Juan de Alfaro y Gámez (1643–1680) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque. He was born at Córdoba. He was first a pupil of Antonio del Castillo, but finished his studies at Madrid under Velázquez, whose manner he followed, particularly in portraits. He was employed by Velazquez in copying the works of Titian, Rubens, and Van Dyck. In the church of the Carmelites is an Incarnation and in the church of the Imperial College at Madrid is his picture of the Guardian Angel.
Portrait of Don Bernabe Ochoa Chinchetru by Juan de Alfaro y Gámez, Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba, 1661
The biographer Palomino relates a story which proves that he possessed more vanity than skill. Being employed to paint subjects from the life of St. Francis for the cloister of the convent of that name, he took them from prints, but had the folly to put to each of them Alfaro pinxit. His first master, Castillo, to chastise his vanity, obtained permission to paint one, and placed at the bottom non pinxit Alfaro, which passed into a proverb. He was fond of travelling, was well versed in literature, wrote poetry, and some interesting notes on the lives of Becerra, Céspedes, and Velazquez. He painted the portrait of Calderón de la Barca, which was placed over the tomb of the poet in the church of San Salvador in Madrid. His conduct towards his patron, the Admiral of Castille, has left a greater stain on his memory than even his vanity. He forsook the admiral when he was banished, and meanly solicited his patronage when recalled: the repulse he received produced melancholy, and caused his death, which took place in Madrid.
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Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 18.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Alfaro, Y Gamon, Don Juan De". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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juan, alfaro, gámez, 1643, 1680, spanish, painter, baroque, born, córdoba, first, pupil, antonio, castillo, finished, studies, madrid, under, velázquez, whose, manner, followed, particularly, portraits, employed, velazquez, copying, works, titian, rubens, dyck. Juan de Alfaro y Gamez 1643 1680 was a Spanish painter of the Baroque He was born at Cordoba He was first a pupil of Antonio del Castillo but finished his studies at Madrid under Velazquez whose manner he followed particularly in portraits He was employed by Velazquez in copying the works of Titian Rubens and Van Dyck In the church of the Carmelites is an Incarnation and in the church of the Imperial College at Madrid is his picture of the Guardian Angel Portrait of Don Bernabe Ochoa Chinchetru by Juan de Alfaro y Gamez Museo de Bellas Artes de Cordoba 1661The biographer Palomino relates a story which proves that he possessed more vanity than skill Being employed to paint subjects from the life of St Francis for the cloister of the convent of that name he took them from prints but had the folly to put to each of them Alfaro pinxit His first master Castillo to chastise his vanity obtained permission to paint one and placed at the bottom non pinxit Alfaro which passed into a proverb He was fond of travelling was well versed in literature wrote poetry and some interesting notes on the lives of Becerra Cespedes and Velazquez He painted the portrait of Calderon de la Barca which was placed over the tomb of the poet in the church of San Salvador in Madrid His conduct towards his patron the Admiral of Castille has left a greater stain on his memory than even his vanity He forsook the admiral when he was banished and meanly solicited his patronage when recalled the repulse he received produced melancholy and caused his death which took place in Madrid References editBryan Michael 1886 Robert Edmund Graves ed Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Biographical and Critical Vol I A K London George Bell and Sons p 18 Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Bryan Michael 1886 Alfaro Y Gamon Don Juan De In Graves Robert Edmund ed Bryan s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers A K Vol I 3rd ed London George Bell amp Sons External links editA portrait of Diego Velasquez by Juan de Alfaro y Gamez nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Juan de Alfaro y Gamez nbsp nbsp This article about a Spanish painter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juan de Alfaro y Gamez amp oldid 1085702371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
