Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra

Saint Dominic in Soriano, ca. 1660, now in the Hermitage Museum.

Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (12 May 1638 1688) was a Spanish painter, born at Granada.

Biografía

He was a scholar of Alonso Cano and John of Seville, but, according to Palomino, improved himself in colouring by studying the works of Pedro de Moya and Van Dyck. In the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia, at Granada, is a picture by him of the 'Conception,' and at the College of the Jesuits is one of his most esteemed works, representing the 'Conversion of St. Paul'. He was vain and arrogant, and boasted his superiority to all the artists of his time; but on being challenged to a contest of ability by Mathias de Torres, he slunk from the trial, and left Madrid. His works were, however, much coveted, and no collection was considered complete without a specimen. He died at Granada in 1688. The Death of St. Clara by him is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

The Virgin with Child, Saint Elisabeth and John the Baptist, now at the Prado in Madrid.
Triumph of David, now at the Prado in Madrid.

Selected works

References

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