Francisco Collantes (1599–1656)

• Was a Spanish Baroque era painter.
• Collantes was born in Madrid but sought influence from Jusepe de Ribera and the Neapolitan School.
• His works included The Burning Bush (c. 1634) which is now at the Louvre, Agar and Ishmael which is now at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, and The Vision of Ezekiel, Saint Arnulph and The Fall of Troy (about 1634) now at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
• References cannon shot during the Siege of Boulogne in 1544.
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