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Francisco de Artiga

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Artiga on the facade of the former Faculty of Medicine in Zaragoza.

Francisco de Artiga, a celebrated Spanish landscape and historical painter, was born at Huesca, about 1650. He painted several 'Sibyls,' 'Conceptions,' and perspective views, remarkable for their invention, design, and colouring. He was also an engraver, an architect, a mathematician, and an author of reputation. He died in 1711 at Huesca.

References

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