Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco

Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (1653-1726) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, best known for his writings on art theory and biographies of artists. He was born of good family at Bujalance, near Córdoba in 1653. He studied philosophy, theology and law at Córdoba, receiving also lessons in painting from Juan de Valdés Leal, who visited there in 1672, and afterwards from Juan de Alfaro y Gómez (1675). After taking minor orders... more

Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco (1653-1726) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, best known for his writings on art theory and biographies of artists. He was born of good family at Bujalance, near Córdoba in 1653. He studied philosophy, theology and law at Córdoba, receiving also lessons in painting from Juan de Valdés Leal, who visited there in 1672, and afterwards from Juan de Alfaro y Gómez (1675). After taking minor orders he removed to Madrid in 1678, where he associated with Alfaro, Claudio Coello, and Juan Carreño de Miranda, and executed some indifferent frescoes. He soon afterwards married a lady of rank, and, having been appointed alcalde of the mesta, was himself ennobled; and in 1688 he was appointed painter to King Charles II. He visited Valencia in 1697, and remained there for three or four years, again devoting himself with but poor success to fresco painting. Between 1705 and 1715 he resided for considerable periods at Salamanca, Granada and Córdoba... less