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Valpuesta, Pedro

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a Spanish painter, born at Osma, in Old Castile, in 1614. He is said to have studied with Eugenio Caxes; whose style he was the most successful in. imitating. He died at Madrid in 1688. His principal works are in the churches and convents at Madrid. The most important are a series of pictures representing the life of the Virgin, in the Church of San Miguel; The Holy Family, in the chapel of the Hospital del Buensuceso; six pictures of the history of St. Clara, in the convent of the Franciscan Nuns. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Valpuesta, Pedro'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​v/valpuesta-pedro.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.