Mateo Cerezo (1637–1666)

• Sometimes referred to as Mateo Cerezo the younger, was a Spanish Baroque painter.
• His father was the painter, Mateo Cerezo Muñoz (c. 1610–1670), and Isabel Delgado, the daughter of a well-known goldsmith.
• After receiving his initial training from his father, Cerezo went to Madrid where he studied with Juan Carreño de Miranda, becoming one his most promising students.
• He was active in Burgos, Valladolid and Valencia, as well as Madrid.
• His works ranged from altarpieces to small devotional paintings.
• He was married in 1664; he died two years later as the result of an unspecified serious illness.
• Despite his early death, he left a relatively large body of works, many of which may be seen at the Museo del Prado.
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