About Gaspar de Figueroa
Lived 1594 – 1658 (aged 63–64). Gaspar de Figueroa was a painter.
Gaspar de Figueroa Saucedo (–1658) was a New Granadian painter.
Figueroa was born in Mariquita to painter Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder and Catalina Saucedo. He learned to paint from his father, who owned a studio.
Figueroa lived the majority of his life in Santa Fe de Bogotá, where he started his own studio. His son, Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter.
His portrait of Cristóbal de Torres y Motones is housed at the University of Rosario.
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Who was Gaspar de Figueroa?
Spanish colonial painter (1594–1658)
When was Gaspar de Figueroa born?
Gaspar de Figueroa was born in 1594 in Mariquita.
When did Gaspar de Figueroa die?
Gaspar de Figueroa died on 12 December 1658.
What was Gaspar de Figueroa's occupation?
Gaspar de Figueroa was a painter.
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