José de Cieza

Cleansing of the Temple, now in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada.

José de Cieza (1656–1692) was a Spanish painter.

He was the son and scholar of Miguel Geronimo de Cieza, was born at Granada. He acquired much facility in painting in distemper, and, going to Madrid in 1686, was employed to paint scenes in the theatre of Buenretiro, and became painter to the king in 1689. He likewise painted in oil historical subjects, landscapes, and flower-pieces. He died at Madrid.

References

• Ansón Navarro, Arturo (1994). Signos. Arte y Cultura en Huesca. De Forment a Lastanosa. Siglos XVI-XVII. Fichas del catálogo de la exposición, p. 302-304. Huesca, Gobierno de Aragón. ISBN 84-86978-97-1.
• Palomino, Antonio (1988). El museo pictórico y escala óptica III. El parnaso español pintoresco laureado. Madrid, Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones. ISBN 84-03-88005-7.
• Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E. (1992). Baroque Paintings in Spain, 1600-1750 Madrid, Ediciones Cátedra. ISBN 84-376-0994-1.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Cieza, Josef de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• Some works by José de Cieza
• Biography at the Museo del Prado online encyclopedia (in Spanish)