Artist
Antonio de Lanchares
Spanish, 1586–1630
Antonio de Lanchares was a Spanish Early Baroque Italian artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museo del Prado. Antonio de Lanchares was born in Madrid.
Antonio de Lanchares (1586/1590 – 1630/1640) was a Spanish painter, active during the Baroque period, mainly in Madrid and surrounding towns. He came from a family of painters and jewellers, and was a pupil of Eugenio Cajés. He painted a Jesus in Glory for the Jesuit church.
Among his few surviving works is an Ascension of Christ. With Luis Fernandez in 1625, he painted a life of St Peter Nolasco for the convent of the Carmelitas de la Mercedes. In 1627, he was nominated to the post of painter to the king by Vincente Carducho, Eugenio Cajes, and Diego Velázquez, but did not fill the post.
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