? – 1657

Spanish painter, known as El Labrador, born at Jaraicejo, a small town in Extremadura. His sobriquet, El Labrador, derived from his preference for living in the country and coming only occasionally to Madrid, where clients often waited for months to receive his small canvases and panels of fruit and flowers. Of approximately 20 still-lifes referred to in documentary sources, the few that can be identified today justify the extravagant praise accorded them for generations after his death.Show more

2 artworks in collection