Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante
Illustration — The Immaculate Conception Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante (1633 in Cordoba–1669 in Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque Golden Age painter. He was born in Córdoba, studied under Francisco Ricci in Madrid, and developed a career in the Spanish Court despite his early death. He was an admirer of Venetian paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese.
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- Juan Antonio Frías y Escalante.
- Born
- 1633. · Córdoba.
- Died
- 1669. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Movements
- Baroque.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Illustration — The Immaculate Conception Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante (1633 in Cordoba–1669 in Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque Golden Age painter. He was born in Córdoba, studied under Francisco Ricci in Madrid, and developed a career in the Spanish Court despite his early death. He was an admirer of Venetian paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese.
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Recorded at birth as Juan Antonio Frías y Escalante. Born at Córdoba in 1633, died in Madrid in 1669.
The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, National Gallery of Ireland and Hispanic Society of America.
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- 1.Pérez Sánchez, pp. 308-309.
- 2.Burke, Marcus B. y Cherry, Peter, Collections of Painting in Madrid, 1601-1755, Getty Publications, 1997, ISBN 0892364963, p. 72.
- 3.Requena, pp. 80-81.
- 4.Palomino, p. 317.
- 5.Delgado Martínez, p. 252.
- 6.Sullivan, p. 43.
- 7.Delgado Martínez, p. 234.
- 8.Escalante, Juan Antonio de Frías y - Jesús Nazareno.
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