Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668) was a Spanish

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painter, sculptor, and poet. Castillo-jose vendido

Biography

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at

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. He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634. Later he was taught in

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and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of

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, Murillo and De Moya. In 1635 he returned to Córdoba, where he painted

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and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina).''Castillo, Antonio del''
He died at Córdoba in 1668.

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