Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (1616 – 1668)

• Was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet.
• Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at Córdoba, Spain. 

• He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo.

• After his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634.

• Later he was taught in Seville by Francisco de Zurbarán and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya.

• In 1635 he returned to Córdoba, where he painted frescoes and oil paintings.

• He died at Córdoba in 1668.

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