Leonardo Jaramillo was a Spanish

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painter, active in the 17th-century in the

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(present-day Peru).

Biography

Leonardo Jaramillo's birth date is unknown but he was probably born in

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in the early 17th or late 16th century. He was likely trained or was influenced by Spanish painters

Juan de las Roelas Juan de Roelas, de las Roelas or Ruela (c. 1570, in Flanders – 1625, in Olivares) was a Flemish painter whose entire documented career took place in Spain. He played a major role in the transition from Mannerist to Baroque painting in Spa ...

and

Francisco Pacheco Francisco Pérez del Río (bap. 3 November 1564 – 27 November 1644), known by his pseudonym Francisco Pacheco, was a Spanish painter, best known as the teacher of Alonso Cano and Diego Velázquez, as well as the latter's father-in-law. His ...

. Between 1613 and 1615, he moved to the Viceroyalty of Peru. Jaramillo taught painting to students including Tomás Ortiz de Olivares, Juan de Sotomayor, and Miguel de Vargas. His most known work is "La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso" (English: Bestow of the Chasuble upon San Ildefonso) (1636).

Notable works

* ''Nuestra Señora de la Piedad con donantes'', Belén Church (),

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, Peru. * ''El milagro de las aguas'' (mural) (1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco (), Lima, Peru * ''San Francisco en la Porciúncula'' (mural) ( c. 1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco (), Lima, Peru * ''La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso'' (1636), Convento de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru * ''Cristo de la columna'' (1643), Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary (), Trujillo, Perú.

Biography

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