# PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ, Juan

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1553–1608
- Profession: painter
- School: Spanish

## Biography

Spanish painter, pupil and successor of Sanchez Coello, becoming court painter to Philip III in 1596. His official portraits are flat and hieratic, but his religious works show the influence of Italian Caravaggismo. There are works in the Escorial and Madrid and in several other museums. He also painted the retable for the monastery church of St Augustine, Valladolid.

## Related artworks

- [Duke of Lerma](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/duke-of-lerma-r874e17558ab186>)
- [King Philip III of Spain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/king-philip-iii-of-spain-r39934482930a3a>)
- [King Philip IV of Spain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/king-philip-iv-of-spain-r489a92e00571c3>)
- [Philip II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/philip-ii-r95726428396490>)
- [Portrait of a Lady of the Court of Philip III](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/portrait-of-a-lady-of-the-court-of-philip-iii-re122e149818225>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/portrait-of-a-woman-rb5f34f3fcd8572>)
- [Portrait of Diego de Villamayor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/portrait-of-diego-de-villamayor-r275dfdad811098>)
- [Portrait of Prince Philip Emmanuel of Savoy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pantoja-de-la-cruz-juan-r17bd24f598c787/portrait-of-prince-philip-emmanuel-of-savoy-rf3b7b6b2dcbb59>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)