Felix Castello (1602-1656) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc He was born and died in Madrid. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. His father, Fabricio Castello, was a painter for King Phillip II of Spain in the Escorial, the palace of Alba de Tórraos, and the Palacio Pardo. Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 El Escorial is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery royal palace museum and school Felix's grandfather was the painter Juan Bautista (known as the Bergamasco). He later trained with Vicente Carducho and Bartolomé Carducci. Vincenzo Carducci (in Spanish, sometimes Vicencio or Vicente Carducho; 1568&ndash1638 was an Italian painter Castello painted for the chapel of Santo Cristo de la Paciencia in the Convent of the Capuchins. he also painted for the cloister of the Convent of Santa Barbara. He is also said to have contributed along with Alonso Cano and others to the portraits of kings for the Royal Palace of Madrid. Alonzo Cano or Alonso Cano ( 19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, Architect
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- Madrazo, Pedro de (1872). Catálogo Descriptivo e Histórico del Museo del Prado de Madrid (Parte Primera: Escuelas Italianas y Españolas). Calle del Duque de Osuna #3; Original from Oxford University, Digitized May 1, 2007: M. Rivadeneyra, page 375.