Andrés Leyto

Andrés Deleito or Andrés de Leyto (active in Madrid in 1680) was a Spanish painter of historical subjects and interiors. He painted, in conjunction with José de Sarabia, pictures in the cloister of the convent of San Francisco at Segovia. He is mentioned briefly by Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez as "De Leito."[1] 19th Century English art books refer to him as "Leyto".

Andrés Deleito, Vanitas.

References

The golden age of Spanish painting - Issue 17 - Page 85 Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez - 1976 DELEITO, Andrés Nothing certain is known about this notable artist apart from the brief observations of Ponz and Ceán Bermúdez, who, although they saw signed works by him, referred to him as "de Leito". "

Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). ‘‘Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical’‘ (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 52.CS1 maint: location (link)

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[1] The golden age of Spanish painting - Issue 17 - Page 85 Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez - 1976 DELEITO, Andrés Nothing certain is known about this notable artist apart from the brief observations of Ponz and Ceán Bermúdez, who, although they saw signed works by him, referred to him as "de Leito". "