Baltazar de figueroa «the elder»: historiographical analysis, contributions and rectifications regarding his biography and provenance from seville

In the XVI century a family of artists appears in whatis now Colombia led by Baltazar de Figueroa, known as«The Elder». Only based on his painting style and withno additional documents some specialists attributed hima provenance from Seville. Gabriel Giraldo Jaramillo justifiedhis hypothesis with a...

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Autores:
Sánchez Aparicio, Manuel Salvador
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/50275
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/50275
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/44252/
Palabra clave:
Colombia
arte religioso
Barroco
Baltasar de Figueroa
pintura
Colombia
religious art
Baroque art
Baltasar de Figueroa
painting.
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:In the XVI century a family of artists appears in whatis now Colombia led by Baltazar de Figueroa, known as«The Elder». Only based on his painting style and withno additional documents some specialists attributed hima provenance from Seville. Gabriel Giraldo Jaramillo justifiedhis hypothesis with a group of documents that, afterthorough analysis and the discovery of some additionalones, led us to confirm that they refer to a homonymouspainter who never left the Spanish city.