Baltasar de Figueroa
Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter. He and his children worked as painters of churches in Turmequé.
Baltasar de Figueroa
Villegas Editores - Museo de Arte Moderno · Los Figueroa. Aproximación a su época y a su pintura. (1986) · Public domain
- Born
- c. 1560
- Birthplace
- New Kingdom of Granada
- Movement
- Baroque
- Spouse
- Catalina de Saucedo
- Occupation
- painter
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Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter. He and his children worked as painters of churches in Turmequé.
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• Born — c. 1560 • Birthplace — New Kingdom of Granada • Place of death — New Kingdom of Granada • Movement — Baroque • Spouse — Catalina de Saucedo • Children — Gaspar de Figueroa • Relatives — Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa (grandson) • Illustration — Flight Into Egypt Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder was a New Granadian painter. He was born in Spain around 1560 and moved to the New Kingdom of Granada. He has been previously confounded with a Seville painter of the same name. He resided for a while in Santa Fe de Bogotá, and later in Turmequé and Mariquita. He married Catalina de Saucedo, and they had three children together: Melchor, Gaspar, and Bartolomé. His grandson, Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter. He and his children worked as painters of churches in Turmequé.
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