Andrés López Polanco (c. 1570–1641)

• Andrés López Polanco was a Spanish Baroque painter.

• Born perhaps in Valladolid.

• Documented in Madrid between 1608 and 1641, he worked for the court of King Philip III of Spain and King Philip IV of Spain.
• Polanco starts in 1608 when signed a work painted for the monastery of Santa Clara de Madrid.

• In 1612 he was commissioned to conduct the appraisal of the property of Juan Pantoja de la Cruz on behalf of their heirs.

• In 1615, he married Mary Almora, and bought a house near old town on Platería street.

• In 1626 his brother Jerónimo López Polanco died, who in his will stated he was a painter and native of Madrid, asking to be buried in the Church of San Miguel de los Octoes.

• The documentation related to their participation in various business valuations, and on one occasion acting as intermediary Alonso Cano declares that in November 1641 Mary Almorais has become a widow.

• Polanco painted in 1635 a series of Gothic kings located in the Buen Retiro Palace (Army Museum) including the portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid. Calatrava.

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