Artist

Bartolomé Pérez

Portrait of Bartolomé Pérez
Portrait of Bartolomé Pérez

Spanish, 1634–1698

Bartolomé Pérez was a Spanish Early Baroque Italian artist. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Museo del Prado. Bartolomé Pérez was born in Madrid.

Bartolomé Pérez de la Dehesa (1634 – 16 January 1693) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Madrid, he became the son-in-law and pupil of the painter Juan de Arellano. He is known as a painter of flowers and still life, known as bodegones.

He also painted scenography for performances at the theater of Buen Retiro, for which he was named painter of the King without salary in January 1689. He died after falling from a scaffold used to paint the ceiling of the palace of Monteleon, and was buried in the church of San Ildefonso.

Works by Bartolomé Pérez

Collections represented

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