Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra

"Antonio del Castillo" redirects here. For the 20th century couturier, see Antonio Castillo (costume designer).

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668^[1]) was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet.^[2]

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Joseph Sold by his Brothers, c. 1660.

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
Born	(1616-07-10)10 July 1616 Córdoba, Spain
Died	2 February 1668(1668-02-02) (aged 51) Córdoba, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	painting, sculpture
Movement	Baroque

Biography

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at Córdoba, Spain.

He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634.^[3] Later he was taught in Seville by Francisco de Zurbarán and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya.^[4] In 1635 he returned to Córdoba,^[5] where he painted frescoes and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina).^[6]

He died at Córdoba in 1668.