Brief Biography-Francisco Pacheco was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda but was considered a native of Seville. He is renowned for his literary work Arte de la Pintura, the Art of Painting, dedicated to painting and works of Spanish artists. The first book he wrote was Libro de Los Retratos, the Book of Paintings. Antonio Palomino, the biographer of Spanish artists, considered his images dry and unpleasant. He spent time in Italy, where he primarily studied the works of Raphael. In Madrid and Toledo, Pacheco studied paintings by El Greco. He established a school in Seville, where, as censor of the Inquisition, he set strict academic and religious standards in his teachings. Diego Velázquez, who became his son-in-law, was his student for six years along with Alonzo Cano. Pacheco was also a poet.