Brief Biography-Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra of Córdoba was born in 1616. His father Agustin initially taught him and later Francisco de Zurbarán in Seville. The influence of his master’s style is evident in his works, particularly in his painting of Saint Victoria, which in composition at least, could be mistaken for a Zurbarán. Juan de Valdés Leal was one of his eminent students in Córdoba. On viewing the pictures of Murillo, when he visited Seville in 1666, he felt so filled with hopelessness and misery he is said to have yelled, Ya murió Castillo, ‘Castillo has died.’ He subsequently fell into ill health and died in Córdoba shortly afterwards. Much of his work is on view in Córdoba and Madrid.