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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2010/09/06 12:50 UTC 版)
Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, a Spanish painter, was born at Granada in 1638. He was a scholar of Alonso Cano, but, according to Palomino, improved himself in colouring by studying the works of Pedro de Moya and Van Dyck. In the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia, at Granada, is a picture by him of the 'Conception,' and at the College of the Jesuits is one of his most esteemed works, representing the 'Conversion of St. Paul.' He died at Granada in 1688. He was vain and arrogant, and boasted his superiority to all the artists of his time; but on being challenged to a contest of ability by Mathias de Torres, he slunk from the trial, and left Madrid. His works were, however, much coveted, and no collection was considered complete without a specimen. The 'Death of St. Clara' by him is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.