Agustín Leonardo

Agustín Leonardo was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.

He was born in Valencia, and took up the habit of the Order of Mercy at Xativa. In 1620 he was a brother in the convent of that order at Puig near Valencia, where he painted for the sacristy four large canvases: "Finding the Image of Our Lady at Puig", "Siege and Surrender of Valencia to King James"; and the "Battle of Puig in which St. George fought with Christians". He afterwards visited Seville, where he painted a "Christ and the Samarian Woman" (1624). In 1624-5 he was called to Madrid, where he painted two pictures for the great staircase of the Convent of Mercy. He excelled in portraiture, and painted a portrait of Gabriel Bocangel, the poet. The date and place of his death is uncertain.

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