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Historical Artist - Jose Claudio Antolinez (1635 - 1675)
Jose Atonlinez spent most of his painting career working in his hometown of Madrid, Spain. He
commonly painted depictions of the Immaculate Conception, done in a colorful and gentle style.
Contrastly, Antonlinez himself was known for having a bad temper and a big ego. In addition to
religious paintings, he also produced several portraits and genre scenes. He died from a fever
in 1675 after suffering from several wounds incurred during a fencing match.
Antolinez's early training as a landscape artist may have been under Iriarte.
Later, when he moved to the court in Madrid, he entered the studio of Francisco Rizi.
His haughty character and sarcastic personality gained him many enemies among his
contemporarie". Some note he played maddening jokes on his colleagues Claudio Coello and
Cabezalero as well as Itizi, whom he called painter of wall ornaments, in allusion to the
latter's decoration of the hall of comedies in the Palace of Buen Retiro; but also impelled
likely by his jealousy at lacking the same skill. Antolinez also painted religious paintings.
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