This
book is an update of the 17th and 18th century pictorial heritage of
Valladolid. It authors have been working on this topic since 1970 and
their contributions are recompiled in this wide-ranging study.
Structured into four chapters, the work kicks off with an introduction
which outlines the city’s social, economic and religious situation in
the Baroque period, as well as a study of its clientele, patrons and
collectors. They analyse the different pictorial genre, which include
religious themes, still life, urban landscapes and custom scenes. The
second chapter is devoted to painters from the first half of the 17th
century, such as Gregorio Martínez, Pedro Díaz Minaya, Bartolomé de
Cárdenas, Tomás de Prado, Felipe Gil de Mena or Blas de Cervera. The
third chapter analyses the second half of the 17th century, undertaking
a study of such artists as Diego Díaz Ferreras, Agustin Bara, Amaro
Alonso, and Manuel Peti, amongst others. The last chapter broaches the
era of decadence, the 18th century, with painters such as Diego Frutos,
Ramón and Joaquín Canedo and Leonardo Araujo.