Francisco López was a Spanish

Spain

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 painter and engraver. He was a pupil of Bartolommeo Carducci

Bartolommeo Carducci

Bartolomeo Carducci was an Italian painter, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic....

, whom he assisted in 1595 in painting for the church of San Felipe el Real at Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, destroyed by fire in 1718. He was appointed painter in ordinary to King Philip III of Spain

Philip III of Spain

Philip III , also known as Philip the Pious, was the King of Spain and King of Portugal and the Algarves, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death...

. In 1603, he painted a series of paintings representing the victories of Charles V

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...

 in the King’s dressing-room at the Pardo Palace. He also etched the third, sixth, and seventh plates for Vincenzo Carducci's

Vincenzo Carducci

Vincenzo Carducci was an Italian painter.He was born in Florence, and was trained as a painter by his brother Bartolomeo, whom he followed to Madrid as a boy....

Dialogues on Painting.