Abstract
This article presents a series of drawings by the Madrid painter Ruiz de la Iglesia preserved in the Madrid Casa de la Moneda (Mint), which have been identified as preparatory studies for his large canvas of the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew in the parish church of Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo), one of his best works. Other drawings preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana (Spanish National Library) and the British Museum, demonstrate that he was an exceptional draftsman with an ample and varied production. The authors also ascribe to this artist’s production a painting attributed to Claudio Coello, the Virgin of Carmen giving the Cloth of the Order to a Knight of Santiago , with an interesting iconography.
Highlights
This article presents a series of drawings by the Madrid painter Ruiz de la Iglesia preserved in the Madrid Casa de la Moneda (Mint), which have been identified as preparatory studies for his large canvas of the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew in the parish church of Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo), one of his best works
Other drawings preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (Spanish National Library) and the British Museum, demonstrate that he was an exceptional draftsman with an ample and varied production
Con este cuadro terminamos por ahora nuestra aportación al catálogo, aún escaso, de Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia, un excelente representante de la escuela cortesana del último tercio del siglo XVII, que cultivó el óleo, el temple, el fresco, el grabado; que supo aprovechar las enseñanzas de sus maestros, Carreño y Francisco Rizi; de sus compañeros más jóvenes, Claudio Coello, José Donoso, Sebastián Muñoz; de los grandes coloristas venecianos, así como de los maestros italianos del barroco, Anibal Carracci, Giovanni Lanfranco y Carlo Maratti, bagaje que le permitió crear un arte muy personal, en el que cabe destacar la elegancia y distinción de los modelos, el buen gusto en las composiciones, más originales de lo habitual entre los pintores de su época, así como el predominio de tonalidades claras, sustentado en una cuidadosa preparación a base de dibujos seguros y correctos, en los que predominan el uso combinado del lápiz negro y la sanguina, con los que consigue obras muy bellas de efecto pictórico, como las publicadas en este artículo
Summary
This article presents a series of drawings by the Madrid painter Ruiz de la Iglesia preserved in the Madrid Casa de la Moneda (Mint), which have been identified as preparatory studies for his large canvas of the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew in the parish church of Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo), one of his best works.
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