Baltasar de Figueroa | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1560 |
| Died | New Kingdom of Granada |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Spouse | Catalina de Saucedo |
| Children | Gaspar de Figueroa |
| Relatives | Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa (grandson) |
Baltasar de Figueroa the Elder was a New Granadian painter.
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He was born in Spain around 1560 [1] and moved to the New Kingdom of Granada. He has been previously confounded with a Seville painter of the same name. [2]
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.
