Brief Biography-Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco, known as Antonio Palomino, was born in Bujalance, Córdoba. He studied theology and law in the city of Córdoba. His masters in the art of painting were Juan de Valdés Leal and Alfaro y Gamez. In 1678 he moved to Madrid and married. There, he was made a painter to King Charles II in 1688. After 1697, he spent the remainder of his life between Valencia, Salamanca, Córdoba, and Granada. When his wife died in 1725, he took holy orders. He is most famous for his literary work entitled An Account of the Lives and Works of the Most Eminent Spanish Painters, Sculptors and Architects, and where their several Performances are to be seen. It is a wealth of information on Spanish artists up to his time. The first English translation was in 1739.