Sebastian de Llanos y Valdis

Sebastián de Llanos y Valdís (1602-c. 1668) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Seville.

He was born at Granada. He was a pupil of Francisco Herrera the Elder, and worked chiefly for private patrons. In 1660 he actively supported Murillo in founding an Academy of Painting at Seville, afterwards making frequent donations of oil and other materials for the use of the students. He was thrice chosen president of the Academy, in 1666 and the two following years, he painted a "Virgin of the Rosary, adored by Angels and patrons" for the College of San Tomas at Seville, and a "Magdalen" for the Convent Recoletas in Madrid. Llanos is chiefly remarkable for having worked under the despotic Herrera longer than any other of his scholars, and for having been wounded in a duel by the turbulent Alonso Cano.

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