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- The son of Faustino Coello, a famous Portuguese sculptor, he was a court painter for Charles II. He worked on many churches and public buildings in Madrid, with his most famous work being in the sacristy of El Escorial, which is filled with portraits of priests and courtiers.
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Claudio Coello (born c. 1642, Madrid, Spain—died April 20, 1693, Madrid) was a Spanish late-Baroque painter who is considered the last important master of the great Madrid school of the 17th century.
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Claudio Coello (2 March 1642 – 20 April 1693) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Coello is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. The son of Faustino Coello, a famous Portuguese sculptor, he was a court painter for Charles II.
Coello, Claudio. Madrid (Spain), 1642 - Madrid (Spain), 1693. One of the leading representatives of Madrid’s baroque school, he was born to a Portuguese family settled in that city. His father, a bronze worker by profession, sent him to Francisco Rizi’s studio to learn to draw.
Claudio Coello (2 March 1642 – 20 April 1693) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Coello is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. The son of Faustino Coello, a famous Portuguese sculptor, he was a court painter for Charles II.
- Spanish
- March 2, 1642
- Spain
This is a significant example of Claudio Coello’s style and one of his finest representations of the Immaculate Conception. It admirably associates grace and delicate modesty with the triumphal emphasis that characterizes depictions of this subject from Madrid in the second half of the century.
Claudio Coello (1642–1693) (b Madrid, 2 Mar. 1642; d Madrid, 20 Apr. 1693). Spanish painter, the last important master of the Madrid School of the 17th century. He was primarily a religious painter, but he also produced portraits. His masterpiece, Charles II Adoring the Host (1685–90), a huge canvas in the sacristy of the Escorial, combines ...
Claudio Coello (klou´dyō kōā´lyō), c.1642–1693, Spanish baroque painter. As court painter to Charles II he decorated many churches and public buildings of Madrid. His most famous work is the monumental altarpiece for the sacristy of the Escorial, filled with portraits and allegorical figures.
