Biography of juan carreno de miranda paintings history

He refused to be knighted in the order of Santiago, saying Painting needs no honors, it can give them to the whole world. He is mainly recalled as a painter of portraits.

Juan Carreno de Miranda (Spanish Juan Carreño de Miranda; ) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque era.

His main pupils were Mateo Cerezo, Cabezalero, Donoso es , Ledesma and Sotomayor see An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects. He died in Madrid. Noble by descent, he had an understanding of the workings and psychology of the royal court as no painter before him, making his portraits of the Spanish royal family in an unprecedented documentary fashion.

Most of his work are portraits of the royal family and court, though there are some altarpieces, early works commissioned mainly by the church.

Born in Avilés in Asturias, son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreño de Miranda.

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