Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos

Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos (May 9, 1638 – August 6, 1711), commonly referred to as Gregorio Vásquez, was a

Vásquez was born in Bogotá, in a criollo family of Andalusian origin. The Vásquez family emigrated from Seville, Spain in the 16th century. He received art classes in the St Bartolome College and as apprentice of the painter Baltasar Vargas de Figueroaa.

In 1701, Vásquez went to prison due to his involvement with the kidnapping of Doña María Teresa de Orgaz from the Santa Clara Convent. When he left prison, he got into deep poverty and went insane, never to paint again. Finally, he died in 1711 in Bogotá. In 1863 the Colombian government placed a commemorative plaque in the house where Vasquez was born and died (Calle 11 No. 3-99).

Gallery

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  Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
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  "Holy Trinity", by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos.
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  Saint Rose of Lima (1680) by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos. Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá.^[1][2]

References

• "Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos". Banrepcultural (in Spanish).

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