Antonio Richarte

Antonio Richarte (1690-1764) was a Spanish painter.

He was a born at Yecla. He was educated for a learned profession, but he preferred painting, which he studied under Señen Vila at Murcia, and afterwards at Madrid with one of the Menendez. He was very popular at Valencia, where he was much employed in painting processional banners for the guild of that city.

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