Juan de Valdés Leal
Juan de Valdés Leal (4 May 1622 – 15 October 1690) was a Spanish painter and etcher of the Baroque era.
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Juan de Valdés Leal

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- Born
- 1622.
- Died
- 1690.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- painter and sculptor.
- Movements
- Baroque.
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Juan de Valdés Leal (4 May 1622 – 15 October 1690) was a Spanish painter and etcher of the Baroque era.
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Valdés was born in Seville in 1622. He became a painter, sculptor, and architect. By his twenties, he was studying under Antonio del Castillo in Córdoba. Among his works are History of the Prophet Elias for the church of the Carmelites; Martyrdom of St. Andrew for the church of San Francesco in Córdoba; and Triumph of the Cross for la Caridad in Seville. He became friends with Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, who had a very different style; Leal tended to paint somber and dramatic subjects, while Murillo's style was peaceful and serene. After Leal returned to Seville in 1656, he and Murillo founded the Seville Academy of Art; the two also collaborated with sculptor Pedro Roldán on a large commission for the Hospital de la Caridad. Several of his paintings treat the subjects of vanitas, transience and mortality. Two examples are In ictu oculi ("in the blink of an eye") and Finis gloriae mundi ("end of the world's glory"), painted for the Charity Hospital in Seville.
Life
Life
He married Isabella Carasquilla in 1647. She was also a painter. He and his wife had five children, several of whom were also artists: Lucas, Juan, Luisa, Maria, and Laura. His daughters specialized in portrait miniatures. Valdés died in Seville in 1690. His wife died in Seville as late as 1730. Maria died a nun in the Cistercian Convent in Seville in 1730.
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1622
Juan de Valdés Leal was born in 1622.
1690
Juan de Valdés Leal died at Seville.
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- Valdés Leal, Juan De (1622–1690), Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture, 2018
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- Darby, Delphine Fitz. Valdés Leal, Spanish Baroque Painter by Elizabeth du Gué Trapier. The Art Bulletin. 44. 2. 141–146. June 1962. 3048004.
- Wethey, Harold E. Spanish Painting of the Late Baroque. Art Journal. 42. 4. 331–335. Winter 1982. 10.1080/00043249.1982.10792819.
- Kinkead, Duncan T. The Altarpiece of the Life of Saint Ambrose by Juan de Valdés Leal. The Art Bulletin. 64. 3. 472–481. September 1982. 10.2307/3050248.
- Kinkead, Duncan. Juan de Valdés Leal by Enrique Valdivieso. The Burlington Magazine. 132. 1043. 137. February 1990. 884181.
- Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. More about Valdés Leal's Sketches for Seville's 'Assumption of the Virgin' and 'Immaculate Conception'. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 79. 8. 288–303. October 1992. 25161372.
- Brown, Jonathan. Spanish Still Life: The High Art of Humble Objects. The New York Times. H 43. 19 March 1995.
- Helicon. Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography. 2000.
- Columbia University Press. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 2016.
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