Baltasar de Figueroa (the Elder)

Baltasar de Figueroa (the Elder)

Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder was a New Granadian painter. He was born in Spain around 1560 and moved to the New Kingdom of Granada. He has been previously confounded with a Seville painter of the same name.

Baltasar de Figueroa (the Elder)
OccupationPublic Figure
Native CountryColombia
CategoryInfluencers y Creadores
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Biography

Baltasar de Figueroa (the Elder) Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder was a New Granadian painter. He was born in Spain around 1560 and moved to the New Kingdom of Granada. He has been previously confounded with a Seville painter of the same name. He resided for a while in Santa Fe de Bogotá, and later in Turmequé and Mariquita. He married Catalina de Saucedo, and they had three children together: Melchor, Gaspar, and Bartolomé. His grandson, Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa, was also a painter. He and his children worked as painters of churches in Turmequé.

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