Jusepe Leonardo was a Spanish

Spain

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 painter of the Baroque

Baroque

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 period, active during his maturity in the court in Madrid

Madrid

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He was born at Calatayud

Calatayud

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 in Aragon

Aragon

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, and was a pupil of Eugenio Caxés

Eugenio Caxés

Eugenio Caxés was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.He was born into a Florentine family in Madrid, and wrote his name in a variety of ways . His father, Patricio, was a disciple of Alessandro Allori and was recruited to Spain by the ambassador Luis de Requesens. Caxés painted in the royal...

. He trained with Pedro de La Cueva, and became known for his battle paintings. He was painter to the king, and executed for the palace of Buen Retiro works worthy of celebrity; among them the Surrender of Breda and the March of the Duke of Feria‘s Troop upon Acqui. There is also a portrait of Alario the Goth in the Royal collections.

Leonardo was one of the artists used to decorate the Royal Alcázar restored by the King Felipe IV. Félix Castello

Felix Castello

Felix Castello was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born and died in Madrid. His father, Fabricio Castello, was a painter for King Phillip II of Spain in the Escorial,...

 and Leonardo painted the vaults of the Sacristy of the Chapel. He was unable to finish the Reliquary in the same chapel and in 1648, another painter was contracted. He apparently became an alcoholic, demented, and
died at Zaragosa. His enemies were accused of having poisoned him.