Antonio Fernández Arias
Antonio Fernández Arias was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.
He was born in Madrid to a Galician father. He was a precocious pupil of Pedro de las Cuevas, and employed at the age of 11 years to assist in painting the main altar of chapel of Carmen Calzado de Toledo. By 22 years, he was one of the more prized painters in Madrid, employed by the Conde-Duque de Olivares along with Francisco Camilo and Alonso Cano to paint the portraits in the Hall of the Kings of the Royal Palace of Madrid. He never lacked commissions, he painted 11 paintings for the cloister of the convent of Agustines at San Felipe el Real, in which he represented among other topics, the Passion of Christ and the Baptism of Saint Cines. He painted Sts. Peter, Paul, John, and other saints for the order of Agonizantes de la calle de Fuencarral. Arias died poor in the general hospital of Madrid.Works
- Retablo de los carmelitas calzados, Toledo
- Carlos V y Felipe II
- La Virgen del Rosario
- Cristo recogiendo sus vestiduras
- La moneda del César
- Virgen con el niño Jesús
- San Agustín y Santa Mónica
- Camino del Calvario , originally executed for the cloister of the Convent of San Felipe el Real in Madrid
- Lavatorio de los pies a los apóstoles.
- Virgen con Cristo muerto en los brazos y San Juan
- San Antonio Abad.
