Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio

Spanish painter

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Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio (1635–1700) was a Spanish Baroque painter. He was born in Seville in 1635. He was trained by Murillo. He was named a knight of the order of San Juan. As a knight of the order, he performed duties in Malta, where he met Mattia Preti. When he returned to Spain, along with Murillo, he helped establish the Academia de Seville. When Murillo died, he traveled to Madrid. He died in Seville in 1700.

Works

His paintings included:

Niño espulgando a un perro (c. 1650), the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child (Santa Ana, la Virgen y el Niño), framed and completed in 1677, Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia.
Niño atacado por perros (c. 1680), Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Juegos infantiles (Children's Games) (1686), the Prado, Madrid
Joven pastor con vacas (A Young Pastor with Cows), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Fallen Apple Basket

References

Madrazo, Pedro de (1872). Catálogo Descriptivo e Histórico del Museo del Prado de Madrid (Parte Primera: Escuelas Italianas y Españolas). Calle del Duque de Osuna #3; Original from Oxford University, Digitized May 1, 2007: M. Rivadeneyra. p. 644.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
González Ramos, Roberto Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio. Caballero pintor, Seville, 1999