Miguel Barroso (1538–1590) was a Spanish painter.

Biography

Barroso was born at

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in 1538. According to

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, he was a scholar of Gaspare Becerra, and distinguished himself as an architect, as well as a painter. He was employed by Philip II in the

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, where he painted, in the principal cloister, the ''Resurrection'','' Christ appearing to the Apostles'', the ''Descent of the Holy Ghost'', and ''St. Paul preaching''. In 1589, he was made painter to the king. His compositions are copious, and his design correct. Cean Bermudez and Quilliet say that he failed sometimes in vigour and knowledge of chiaroscuro; but that his colour was that of

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, and his forms those of

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. He died at the Escorial in 1590.

References

* 1538 births 1590 deaths People from the Province of Toledo 16th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters Spanish architects {{Spain-painter-stub