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Francisco Lopez Caro

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Francisco López Caro(1578–1662) was a Spanish painter of theBaroqueperiod. Born inSeville,he was a pupil ofJuan de las Roelas.He painted with indifferent success in Seville until about 1660, when he went to Madrid where he spent the remainder of his life, and died in 1662. His works were mainly portraits, some of which are in private collections in Madrid,Salamanca,Granada,and Seville.

His son and pupilFrancisco Caro(b. Seville in 1627; d. Madrid in 1667) was also a painter.

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  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.).Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical.Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 76.
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Francisco Lopez-Caro".Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.