Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (12 May 1638 – 1688) was a Spanish painter, born at Granada.
Biography
He was a scholar of Alonso Cano and Juan de Sevilla Romero, but, according to Palomino, improved himself in colouring by studying the works of Pedro de Moya and Van Dyck. In the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia, at Granada, is a picture by him of the 'Conception,' and at the College of the Jesuits is one of his most esteemed works, representing the 'Conversion of St. Paul'. He was vain and arrogant, and boasted his superiority to all the artists of his time; but on being challenged to a contest of ability by Mathias de Torres, he slunk from the trial, and left Madrid. His works were, however, much coveted, and no collection was considered complete without a specimen. He died at Granada in 1688. The Death of St. Clara by him is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Selected works
Triumph of David (Triunfo de David) (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Virgin and Child with Saints Isabel and Hyacinth (Virgen con el Niño y Santa Isabel y San Juanito) (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bocanegra, Pedro Atanasio". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.