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Lisa Duffy-Zeballos

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2007;9(2):152-153.

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Juan CarreÑno de Miranda (1614-1685) was one of the most versatile and successful painters of the Madrid School inSpain and one of a handful of artists working at the court of Carlos II at the close of the 17th century. Carreño de Miranda was born into a family of minor nobility in Avilés, Asturias, Spain, where his father worked as an art dealer. The young Carreño accompanied his father to Madrid in 1624 and soon after began his apprenticeship with the painter Pedro de las Cuevas. He later worked with Bartolomé Roman. Carreño's talent soon surpassed that of his masters, and he began his career as a religious painter for various religious institutions in the city, although none of the paintings from these years survive. In Madrid, Carreño was doubtless influenced by the works of Rubens and Van Dyck and, in particular, Titian's great Poesie series . . . [Full Text of this Article]