Taller De Los Figueroa

Biography:

Taller de los Figueroa was a painting workshop founded in the 17th century in colonial Colombia by Gaspar de Figueroa. The workshop produced some of the best artists of New Granada, including its sons Nicolás and Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa; Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos, Fray Gregorio Carballo de la Parra, and Tomás Fernández de Heredia. The workshop was also one of the first to produce paintings in Colombia during this period.