Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (abt. 1612 - 1667)

Born about 1612 in Cuenca, Spain

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1667 at about age 55 in Madrid, Spain

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Biography

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (c.1612 – February 10, 1667) was a Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter, the most distinguished of the followers of Velázquez, whose style he imitated more closely than did any other artist.^[1] A fine painter himself, Mazo was a master of landscape, as proven by his most celebrated work View of Saragossa.^[2]

View of Saragossa, 1647, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Life

Little is really known about Mazo’s early life. The date and place of his birth are uncertain. Apparently, he was born in Cuenca, as his parents, Hernando Martinez and Lucia Bueno del Mazo, were from that province. However, some sources consider Madrid as his native city. The date of his birth has been estimated around 1612 since it is known that his mother was born in 1596 and he married in 1633 when he probably was in his early twenties.^[3]

The whereabouts of his training remain a mystery. He must have been in Velázquez's workshop sometimes before his marriage, so it is quite possible that he had been his future father-in-law's apprentice. Mazo married the famous painter’s only surviving daughter, Francisca de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco, on August 21, 1633, at the Church of Santiago in Madrid.[2] Philip IV and the Prime Minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, served as the couple’s sponsors. The marriage was the event that guaranteed Mazo’s future success at Court. Velázquez immediately arranged a royal appointment and on February 23, 1634, he transferred to Mazo his position of Usher of the King’s Chamber, with the permission of the King. From this it can be assumed that Mazo was then already a disciple of the famous painter, and from that date he was closely associated with his father-in-law with whom he lived and collaborated. Velázquez furthered Mazo's career with a steady hand and secured palace appointments for him and later for Mazo’s children.

Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazzo (Mazo) , * .... 1609 oder gegen 1615 , + .... 1687 oder 1667 Königlich spanischer Erster Hofmaler (Kammermaler) (in Madrid), Nachfolger seines Schwiegervaters. oo ... 1634 Donna Francisca (Franzisca) Velasquez y Pacheco , * ... 1619, + ... 1658

Kinder u.a.: 1. Donna Teresa (Donna Theresia ) Martinez del Mazzo (Mazo) y Velasquez /Martinez del Mazo y Velazquez /del Mazzo et Velasquez ,* ... 1646, + .... nach 1692

Sources

1. ↑ López Rey, José: Velázquez, p. 207
2. ↑ "Juan Martínez del Mazo" information page found on Wikipedia [1], accessed 27 Jan 2019.
3. ↑ López Rey, José: Velázquez, p. 204

See also:

• Artcyclopedia

GHdA, Fst. H., Bd. IV, S. 563; Mitt. Ursula Gfn v. Polier; Mitt. Rixa Hasenkamp aufgrund einer Aufstellung von +Rüdiger v. Gustedt; AL Gustedt, (978)-(979).