Pedro José Figueroa

• Name — Pedro José Figueroa • Birth Name — Pedro José Figueroa • Born — 1770 • Birthplace — Santafé de Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada • Died — March 24, 1836 • Place of death — Bogotá, Republic of New Granada • Field — Painting • Illustration — Simón Bolívar, one of Pedro José Figueroa's portraits Pedro José Figueroa (1770–1836) was a Colombian portrait painter.

The portrait painter Pedro José Figueroa was born in 1770 in Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada, where he later died on March 24, 1836. It is believed that he is a descendant of a family of artists first made famous during the 17th century. Figueroa received his first painting lessons at the studio of Pablo Antonio García. After completing his studies Figueroa founded his own painting studio where he taught various students including painter Garcia Hevia, the historian José Manuel Goot, and his own sons.

Figueroa's first major work came in 1804 when he painted the Viceroy Amar y Borbon who was a widely popular figure at the time. In 1813 he painted the only known portrait of Jose Domingo Duquesne and later published in “Papel Periodico Ilustrado”. In 1835 Figuroa touched up the famous painting of the “Madonna of la Candelaria” originally painted by Francisco del Poza. Paintings of the Quinta de Bolívar, Bolívar portraits, the painting of “La Santisima Trinidad” are currently housed in the Cathedral of Bogota which also the portraits of Brion, Canon Duquesne, Fray Fernando del Portillo y Torres, and the archbishops and Fernando Caicedo Florez Juan Bautista Sacristan.