Juan Carreño de Miranda

(1614–1685) spansk målare

Juan Carreño de Miranda (Spain, 1614–1685) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Juan Carreño de Miranda belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Juan Carreño de Miranda was born in Avilés and died in Madrid. Juan Carreño de Miranda worked in Madrid. Wikidata associates Juan Carreño de Miranda with Baroque. The students included Juan Serrano and Bartolomé Vicente.

The best-known works include ‘Saint Sebastian’, ‘Eugenia Martinez Valleji, called La Monstrua’, and ‘Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, desnuda’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 62 works by Juan Carreño de Miranda with free images. The dated works span the years 1601–1750. Works by Juan Carreño de Miranda are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, Museo del Prado, Meadows Museum, and Hispanic Society of America. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonio de Pereda, Zacharias Wagner, Jan Mijtens, Pieter Holsteyn, and Bertholet Flemalle.

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