Eugenio Cajes

Place: Madrid

Born: 1575

Death: 1634

Biography:

Eugenio Caxés (1574/75 – 15 December 1634) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born into a Florentine family in Madrid, and wrote his name in a variety of ways (Cajés, Cazés, Caxesi, and Caxete). His father, Patricio, was a disciple of Alessandro Allori and was recruited to Spain by the ambassador Luis de Requesens. Caxés painted in...