Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (12 May 1638 – 1688) was a Spanish painter, born at

Granada Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...

Biography

He was a scholar of

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, improved himself in colouring by studying the works of

Pedro de Moya Pedro de Moya (1610–1660) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Granada, he was first trained under Juan del Castillo (painter), Juan del Castillo in Seville. He enlisted as a soldier for the Army of Flanders, armies in Flander ...

and

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. In the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia, at Granada, is a picture by him of the 'Conception,' and at the College of the Jesuits is one of his most esteemed works, representing the 'Conversion of St. Paul'. He was vain and arrogant, and boasted his superiority to all the artists of his time; but on being challenged to a contest of ability by Mathias de Torres, he slunk from the trial, and left

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. His works were, however, much coveted, and no collection was considered complete without a specimen. He died at Granada in 1688. The ''Death of St. Clara'' by him is in the Hermitage,

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Selected works

* ''Triumph of David'' (''Triunfo de David'') (

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, Madrid) * ''Virgin and Child with Saints Isabel and Hyacinth'' (''Virgen con el Niño y Santa Isabel y San Juanito'') (Museo del Prado, Madrid) * ''Alegoría de la peste'' (

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, Castres) * ''Immaculate Conception'' (''Inmaculada Concepción'') (Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro, Vitoria) * ''Adoration of the Eucharist'' (''Adoración de la Eucaristia'') (convento de las Góngoras, Madrid) * ''Allegory of Justice'' (''Alegoría de la Justicia'') (1676, Academia de San Fernando, Madrid) * ''Virgen con el Niño y retratos'' (Private collection, Madrid) * ''Saint Felix of Valois'' (''San Félix de Valois'') (Santa Ana Chapel,
Granada Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Incarnation (), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Granada, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada. Like many other cathedrals in Andalusia, it was built on top of the ...
) * ''Saint John de Mata'' (''San Juan de Mata'') (Santa Ana Chapel, Granada Cathedral)

References

Scholarly articles
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Antonio Palomino Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (165513 April 1726) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, and a writer on art, author of ''El Museo pictórico y escala óptica'', which contains a large amount of important biographical mate ...
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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 durin ...
'', 1724, first English translation, 1739, p. 126 Attribution: * 1638 births 1688 deaths Artists from Granada Spanish Baroque painters 17th-century Spanish people {{Spain-painter-stub Catholic painters

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