Biography of: Juan Bautista Martínez del

Mazo

 by <Hanna Park>

Slide 2: Basic DetailsAbout Juan Mazo:

His birth date and birthplace is uncertain but his date of birth is estimated to be around 1612 and it is said that he was born in Cuenca or Madrid.

His parents were Hernando Martinez and Lucia Mazo, who were also both from Cuenca.

His education and training is still a mystery but he must have worked in the Velazquez workshop before he got married which is why it's possible that he was his future father in law's apprentice.

He was a Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter

He died in 1660

Timeline

-1612

Juan was born

-1633

He married Francisca de Silva Velázquez

y Pacheco

-1643

He became master of drawing+the personal painter of the Spanish Crown.

-1657

He traveled to Italy trying to recover the dowry of his daughter

-1660

He died

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo

Accomplishments

Juan accomplished expressing his talent copying works of Venetian masters in royal collections. Some of his famous collections are Tintoretto, Titian and Paul Veronese.

Juan’s work as a copyist of Venetian masters led his way to the secrets of great masters back then, such as Rubens and Jordaens.

The family of Juan Mazo

Qualities

Juan was a close follower of Velazquez and imitated Velazquez more than the other followers.

He was a master of drawing in 1643 and was also a personal painter of the heir to the Spanish Crown, Baltasar Picture of the

Saragossa

Facts

Juan rarely signed his artworks, which gave a lot of confusion toward the audience and also made it difficult to tell the authorship of his paintings.

There are only a few paintings that scholars today admit are his.

Conclusion

Juan Mazo, a Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter, was born around 1612 in Cuenca or Madrid and was the son of Hernando Martinez and Lucia Mazo. We suppose that he worked in the Velazquez workshop before he got married meaning he could have been his future in law’s apprentice.

He lived kind of mysteriously, rarely signing his works, but he had a lot of accomplishments with his skilful talent and with a lot of help from Velazquez.

Bibliography

Unknown, . "Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo." Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo 11 Feb. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Martinez_del_Mazo>.

• Only used wikipedia

Bibliography

Images

Unknown, . "Resumen Biográfico." Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo 10 Feb. 2009 <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8417/juanbautistamartnezdelmxq0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.foroxerbar.com/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D4605&usg=__RJVGigGKFdepZSi6nA-R7m1ueng=&h=672&w=485&sz=133&hl=en&start=7&sig2=_4TcvrN9Pn1mAMcGprqo7g&um=1&tbnid=EPod61mhOoxvPM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=100&ei=wOaSSbXTGJngsAPEuf2sCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJuan%2BBautista%2B%2BMart%25C3%25ADnez%2Bdel%2BMazo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>.

Unknown, . "Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo." Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo 11 Feb. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Martinez_del_Mazo>.

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