Francisco Camilo (ca. 1615–1673)

• Was a Spanish painter.
• The son of an Italian immigrant who had settled in Madrid.
• When his father died, his mother remarried, and Camilo became the stepson of the painter Pedro de las Cuevas.
• De las Cuevas brought Camilo up as his own son, teaching him to paint.

• At the age of 18, Camilo was asked to paint for the high altar of the Jesuits’ house at Madrid an image representing St. Francis Borgia.

• The Count-Duke of Olivares ordered Camilo to produce a series of paintings of Kings of Spain for the theater of Buenretiro.

• The Count-Duke also chose Camilo to adorn the western gallery of the palace with 14 frescoes from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

• Camilo painted for the monasteries of Madrid, Toledo, Alcalá, and Segovia.

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