All Juan Antonio Escalante's oil paintings
ID Image  Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z     Other Information
1144 An Angel Awakens the Prophet Elijah An Angel Awakens the Prophet Elijah 1667 Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
90844 Attacke des Husarenregiments Nr Attacke des Husarenregiments Nr oil on canvas Dimensions 83,5 cm x 100 cm cyf
52617 Immaculate Conception Immaculate Conception 1663 Oil on canvas
97596 Inmaculada Concepcion Inmaculada Concepcion circa 1667(1667) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 210 x 175 cm cyf
Juan Antonio Escalante
Spanish Baroque Era Painter, 1633-1670 Spanish painter. He was an outstanding figure in decorative Baroque art. When quite young he moved from Andalusia to Madrid, where he apparently worked with and was influenced by Francisco Rizi. His artistic development reveals an increasing admiration for Veronese, Tintoretto and Titian, although elements of the style of Alonso Cano persist. Among his first works is Andromeda and the Dragon (c. 1659; Madrid, Prado), whose mannerist elements derive from an engraving of the subject by Agostino Carracci. The two brilliant works St Catherine of Alexandria (Madrid, Las Maravillas) and Road to Calvary (Madrid, Real Acad. S Fernando), signed and dated 1660, are executed with an agile and self-assured technique, in colours that stem from Venetian painting. Like other Spanish painters of the period, he painted numerous versions of the Immaculate Conception (e.g. 1660, Colegio de Villafranca de los Barros; 1663, Budapest, Mus. F.A.; c. 1666, Benedictine monastery of Lumbier, Navarre), which are more Baroque in style and expression than those of Jose Antolenez and Mateo Cerezo. In these the faces, surrounded by luxuriant hair, is expressed an innocent candour that contrasts with the turbulent appearance of the cherubs. Also characteristic of his style are the versions of the Annunciation (1653; New York, Hisp. Soc. America Mus; B?ziers, Mus. B.-A.). He treated the theme of St Joseph with great nobility, as in the Dream of St Joseph (1666; New York, Chrysler Col.). His deep lyrical feelings pervade the various paintings of the Infant St John (Madrid, Prado). . Related Artists to : | Isaac Ilich Levitan | Tobias Verhaecht | Girolamo Induno | Antoni Brodowski | Peale, James |