Cristobal Garcia Salmeron

Cristobal Garcia Salmerón (1603–1666) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.

Born in Cuenca, he was a pupil of Pedro Orrente, and painted history and animal paintings. One of his best works is a Nativity in the church of St. Francis at Cuenca. He was employed by Philip IV to paint a bullfight, held in honour of the birthday of Carlos II of Spain. He died at Madrid in 1666. His brother, Francisco (1608–1632), also a pupil of Orrente, followed his brother's career. Francisco painted in the church of S. Francisco at Cuenca a Burial of Christ. 1632.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong and Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 441. http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1. 

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Name	Salmeron, Cristobal Garcia
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Date of birth	1603
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Date of death	1666
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