Juan Martín Cabezalero

Juan Martín Cabezalero (1633-1673) was a Spanish draftsman and painter. Born in Almadén, he studied under Juan Carreño de Miranda, court painter to Charles II of Spain; Cabezalero lived at Carreño de Miranda's house until 1666. [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3418] Both he and Carreño were influenced by Van Dyck. [http://www.tamsquare.com/artist/Cabezalero-Juan-Martin/]

Few works by Cabezalero have survived. [http://www.tamsquare.com/artist/Cabezalero-Juan-Martin/] His surviving works include his "St Jerome" (1666, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas) and the "Assumption of the Virgin" (ca. 1670; Madrid, Prado). [http://www.tamsquare.com/artist/Cabezalero-Juan-Martin/] The latter had been formerly attributed to Mateo Cerezo, also a pupil of Carreño de Miranda. [http://www.tamsquare.com/artist/Cabezalero-Juan-Martin/]

Antonio Palomino praises Cabezalero's modest, studious nature and laments that he died young. [http://www.tamsquare.com/artist/Cabezalero-Juan-Martin/]

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