Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher. The last of the great Baroque
painters of Seville, he was also a sculptor and etcher of considerable
ability and was praised as an architect by his contemporaries, although
no buildings by him are known. In addition, he wrote on art, though none
of his writings is extant. With the exception of rare portraits, his
paintings are entirely religious. The visual excitement of his style
reflects his religious fervour. He is thus the antithesis of Bartolomé
Esteban Murillo, his more famous colleague.
