A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
SANCHEZ, AXDi'.ES, ;. native of Portillo, near
Toledo. He was a pupil of Theotocopnli, called
II Greco, and was commissioned in 1600 by the
delegate of the Franciscan missionaries to paint
certain pictures for the churches built by them
in the Spanish colonies.
SANCHEZ, Ci.EME.N'TE, painter, was living at Vall.-hiolid in 1620. He painted several pictures for the Dominicans of Annda de Duero.
SANCHEZ-COELLO, Alokzo, was born at Beny- fiiyro, in Valencia, in 1513 or IblJ. From his style he appears to have studied in Italy, for his design resembles that of the Florentines, while in colour he follows the principles of the Venetians. In lo-il he resided at Madrid, where he formed an in- timacy with Sir Antonio Mor, wliom he accom- panied to Lisbon, when the latter was sent by Charles V. to paint the portraits of the royal family. Sanchez entered into the service of Don John, who had married Joanna, the daughter of Charles and sister of Philip II. , and made a con- siderable stay at Lisbon. At the death of Don John his widow recommended Sanchez to her brother Philip, who at once received him as his painter in ordinary when Mor made his sudden flight from Spain. He painted many portraits of Philip and of other members of the royal famil}'. He also painted the Popes Gregory XIII. andSixtus V. : the Dukes of Florence and Savoy ; Cardinal Farnese, brother of the Duke of Parma ; and many grandees of Spain. With such patronage he became rich, and, it is said, lived according to his fortune. In 1570 he painted, in cunjunction with his disciple, Diego de Urbina. the triumphal arch erected at Madrid for the entry of Anne of Austria, the wife of Philip II. In 1573 he entered into an engagement to decorate with suitable subjects the i)rin- cipal altar of the church del Espinar, executed by the celebrated Francisco Giralte, and for which he painted what may be tenned a drop-scene, to serve as a screen during the two last weeks in Lent. Notwithstanding his advanced age Philip employed him in 1682 in filling the Escurial with pictures. For this palace-monastery he painted ' St. Paul, the first hermit, with St. Anthony ; ' 'St. Stephen with St. Lawrence ; ' 'St. Vincent with St. George ; ' ' St. Catharine with St. Inez ; ' ;md 'St Justus and Pastor,' in which he introduced a view of Alcala de Henares, and the scenerj' about it. About this time he painted the portrait of his fjiend, Father Siguenza, which is considered a c/iej'-d'oettwe. and has been finely engraved by Ferdinand Seluia; and in 1582 that of Ignatius Loyola, from casts taken twenty-nine years previously, and from instructions by Father Ribadeneyra. Notwithstanding all this success, however, Coello was but a second-rate artist. He died at Madrid in 1590. Of his works we may name :
London. Xat. For. Oal. Full-length portrait of Philip 11. Tiladrid. Ma!>eum, Portrait of Don Carlos. ,, „ Eugenia and several other Infantas. „ „ The JIarri.ige of St. Catharine. Vienna. Gullen/. A Spa!ii.<ili Lady.
SANCHEZ-COELLO, Isabella, who was born at Madrid in 1564, was instructed by her father, Alonso Sanchez Coello, and distinguished herself as a painter of portraits, which are not now, however, to be identified. She was also eminent in poetry and music, and highly esteemed for her personal character. She married Francisco de Herrera, and died at Madrid in 1612.
SANCHEZ-COTAN, Fray Jua.n-, an eminent Spanish painter of Madonnas, flowers, and still- life, was born at Alcazar de San Juan in 1561 . he was the son of Bartolom^ Sanchez-Cotan, and Ap.-. de Quinones. He studied at Toledo under Bias de Prado, whose style he imitated, and under him made great progress in art. At first he painted bodi'jmies, subjects like those of Jan Fyt, but in 1604 he became a professor of the Chartreuse of Paular, and painted subjects from Christ's Passion, the sorrows of the Virgin, and particularly Madonnas crowned with chaplets of flowers ; all these he devoted to the decoration of his convent, or bestowed on his brethren for their private oratories. From Paular Sanchez-Cotan was removed in 1612 lo the royal Chartreuse at Granada, for which he painted the principal historical pictures in that monaster3'. It is related by Palomino that he painted a Crucifixion for the refectory of the con- vent, 80 deceptive in its appearance that birds at- tempted to perch on the cross ; and Cean Bermudez confesses that he, at first sight, mistook it for a piece of sculpture. Vincenzo Carducci made a journey from Madrid to Granada to see his works. Sanchez-Cotan died at Granada in 1637.
SANCHEZ-D'AVILA, Andkes, painter, was bom at Toledo. He went to Paris in his youth, and afterwards established himself as a portrait painter at Vienna. He died in 1762.
SANCHEZ DE CASTRO, Juan, of Seville, founder of the school of Andalusia, was born in the first half of the 15th century. In 1454 he painted pictures for the old Gothic altar, in the chapel of San Josef in Seville cathedral. For the church of San Julian he executed a St. Christopher in fresco, which was repaired in 1775, little but the signature being left of the work.
SANCHEZ, Luis, is known only as having designed in 1611 the title-page of a book called 'De la Veneracion que se debe a las reliquias de los santos.' engraved by Pedro Perret, and published in Madrid.
SANCHEZ, Manuel, a priest of Murcia, who was practising as a painter in 1731.
SANCHEZ, Pedro, a Spanish painter, who was at work in Toledo cathedral in 1462.
SANCHEZ SARABIA, Diego, an architectural draughtsman and painter of familiar subjects, was a member of the Academy of San Fernando in 1762. By desire of that body he made drawings of the Alhambra and of the Palace of Charles V.,at Granada. These are now in the Academy. Sauchez Sarabia died in 1779.
SANCHO, Esteban, a Spanish painter, known as Maneta, from his having lost his right hand. He was a native of Majorca, and a pupil of Pedro Ferrer, and painted many pictures for the churches of his native island. He died in 1778.
S.N CLERICO, , an Italian scene-painter and decorator of much repute, practising in 1823. A good example of his work is the ceiling of the Casino degli Negozianti at Milan.
SAN DANIELE, Battista da, was a Dalmatian, living at Udine and San Daniele, in the middle of the 15th century, and was the father of Martino da Ddine, surnaraed Pellegrino da San Daniele. No paintings by liim are now extant, but records exist to prove that in 1468 he contracted to paint a cur- tain-fall for the church of Comerzo, and in 1470 an altar-piece with four figures for the brotherhood of San Daniele di Cnstello. (Crowe and Cavalcaselle. 'Painting in N. Italy.')
SANDAKS, Thomas, engraver, sou of a painter
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