Francisco Herrera (2)
Francisco Herrera
Painter, born Seville, Spain, 1576; died Madrid, Spain, 1656. Famous for his bold realism, he is considered the founder of the Spanish school. He was the teacher of Velasquez until his temper drove the pupil away as it had many others. His paintings were mainly religious and genre subjects. His masterpiece is the “Last Judgment,” in the church of San Bernardo in Seville. In the archiepiscopal palace in Madrid is his “Moses smiting the Rock,” and in the Louvre “Saint Basil dictating his Doctrine.”
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Francisco Herrera (2)
Son of Francisco the Elder , born Seville, Spain, 1622; died Madrid, Spain, 1685. Having gone to Rome to escape his father’s tyranny, he was noted there as a painter of still life, especially of fish. In 1656 he returned to Spain and soon after founded the Seville Academy. His masterpiece is a “Saint Francis” in the Seville cathedral. The Prado has his “Triumph of Saint Hermengild.”
Filia de Francisco le Senior; nascite a Seville, Espania, 1622; mortiva a Madrid, Espania, 1685. El iriva ad Rome pro escappar le tyrannia de su patre, et deveniva un pictor de natura morte, in modo special de pisces. Durante 1656 el retornava ad Espania e tosto fundava le Academia Seville. Su obra maestro es un “Sancte Francis” in le cathedral de Seville. Le Prado ha su “Triumpho de Sancte Hermengild.”
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