Juan Martín Cabezalero

Juan Martín Cabezalero (August 1645, in Almadén – 24 June 1673, in Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque painter.

Saint Jerome
The Crucifixion

Life and works

Earlier accounts place his birth in 1633, but baptismal documents indicate that it was 1645. At some point, his family moved to Madrid, where he trained with Juan Carreño de Miranda. His first signed work dates from 1666; a depiction of Saint Jerome, now at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, which shows the influence of Anthony Van Dyck.[1]

In 1667, he received a commission to create four large canvases on the Passion of Christ for the chapel of the Christ of Sorrows of the Third Order of Saint Francis, for which he would be paid 1,550 reales each. They were completed the following year and constitute the only full set of works he is known to have produced.[2] They show the influence of Flemish art. Six smaller works in the sacristy were attributed to him by the art historian, Antonio Palomino, but this has been questioned. He also executed three canvases in collaboration with José Jiménez Donoso. It is likely that he also painted some frescoes, although none have survived.[3] An oil painting of the Pentecost is preserved at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos.

The last documents relating to his life are an appraisal of his art collection and a will, which he was unable to sign himself. His estate passed to his mother, Isabel, who survived him by ten years and, per his wishes, he was interred at St Sebastian's Church, Madrid. The cause of death is unknown.[4]

References
  1. Alonso E. Pérez Sánchez: Pintura barroca en España 1600–1750. Madrid : Ediciones Cátedra, 1992 ISBN 978-84-376-2684-0
  2. Pérez Sánchez, A.E. (1991). «Precisiones sobre Juan Martín Cabezalero». V Jornadas de Arte. Velázquez y el arte de su tiempo (Madrid: CSIC, editorial Alpuerto): 247–257. ISBN 84-381-0164-X.
  3. 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.
  4. Fernández García, Matías (1995). Parroquia madrileña de San Sebastián. Algunos personajes de su archivo. Madrid: Caparrós Editores. ISBN 84-87943-39-X.

Further reading
  • Gil Bautista, Rafael (2018). Juan Martín Cabezalero. Un pintor barroco de Almadén para la villa y corte (1645–1673). Puertollano: Ediciones Puertollano S. L. ISBN 978-84-89287-62-4
  • Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Juan Martín Cabezalero (see index)


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