(b Avilés, nr
Oviedo, 25 March 1614; d Madrid, 3 Oct 1685).
Spanish painter. One of the most important painters in Spain in the 17th
century, he executed many religious works in oils, tempera and fresco
and was considered to be, after Velázquez, the most accomplished
portrait painter of his day.
Mass of St John of Matha
1666
Oil on canvas, 500 x 315 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Duke of Pastrana
Oil on canvas, 217 x 155 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Assumption of the Virgin
c. 1657
Oil on canvas, 167 x 125 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao
Charles II as Grandmaster of the Golden Fleece
1677
Oil on canvas, 217 x 141 cm
Private collection
King Charles II of Spain
c. 1650
Oil on canvas, 78 x 65 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco
Portrait of Don Juan Jose de Austria
1640-43
Oil on canvas, 78,5 x 61 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Eugenia Martinez Valleji, called La Monstrua
Oil on canvas, 165 x 107 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
La Monstrua Desnuda (Eugenia Martinez Vallejo Unclothed)
Oil on canvas, 165 x 108 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Queen Mariana de Austria as a Widow
1669
Oil on canvas, 211 x 125 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
