Antonio de Lanchares

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Antonio de Lanchares (1586[1]/1590[2]-1630[3]/1640[4]) was a Spanish painter, active during the Baroque period, mainly in Madrid and surrounding towns.

He came from a family of painters and jewellers, and was a pupil of Eugenio Cajés. He painted a Jesus in Glory for the Jesuit church. Among his few surviving works is an Ascension of Christ. With Luis Fernandez in 1625, he painted a life of St Peter Nolasco for the convent of the Carmelitas de la Mercedes. In 1627, he was nominated to the post of painter to the king by Vincente Carducho, Eugenio Cajes, and Diego Velázquez, but did not fill the post.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 530.
  2. ^ Grove Encyclopedia of Art
  3. ^ Grove Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Francesco de Boni