biography
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Navarrete, Juan Fernández de
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nickname El Mudo
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pronunciation:
[navaraytay]
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| lived:
| (1526–78)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Navarra, N Spain. He earned his nickname because he was deaf and dumb. After studying for many years in Italy (some say as a disciple of Titian), he returned to Spain in 1568 to become the royal painter of Felipe II (1527–98). He was entrusted with the painting of 32 altarpieces for the chapels of the Escorial, but only finished eight (still in situ). His eclectic style contributed to the diffusion of the Italian style in Spain and to his use of the dramatic effects of light, especially in Entierro de San Lorenzo (1579, El Escorial), which anticipated the gloom of the 17th-c. |
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