About Melchor Pérez de Holguín
Lived 1660 – 1732 (aged 71–72). Melchor Pérez de Holguín was a Bolivian painter and artist.
Melchor Pérez de Holguín (c. 1660-1732) was a painter and architect, known for the creation of Baroque artworks in Potosí. He was a central figure in the Potosi School tradition. He was active from 1689 to his death in 1732.
Biography Pérez de Holguín was born in Cochabamba around 1660, in colonial Bolivia. He moved to Potosí by 1678.
His painting influences included Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Francisco Herrera the Younger. Most of his paintings were done for monastic orders; others were for wealthy landowners in Real Audiencia of Charcas.
As an architect, he created plans for the church of San Lorenzo de Potosí.
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Bolivian painter (1660-1732)
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Melchor Pérez de Holguín was born in 1660 in Cochabamba.
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Melchor Pérez de Holguín died in 1732 in Potosí.
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Melchor Pérez de Holguín was a painter and artist.
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Melchor Pérez de Holguín was Bolivian.
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