Antonio Castrejon, a Spanish painter, was born at Madrid in 1625. He was a scholar of Francisco Fernandez, and possessed more facility in colouring than skill in drawing. His best works are of small dimensions, but he sometimes painted large altar-pieces

Altarpiece

An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...

, as the 'Martyrdom of Santa Lucia,' in the church of San Felipe el Real at Madrid, which perished by fire in 1718. He likewise painted figures in the architectural pieces of Roque Ponce

Roque Ponce

Roque Ponce was a Spanish painter of landscapes, active in Madrid, where he trained with Juan de la Corte. He flourished about the year 1690. In some of his pictures, the figures are by Antonio Castrejon....

 and of Josef Garcia, as well as groups within the flower-garlands of Gabriel de la Corte

Gabriel de la Corte

Gabriel de la Corte was a Spanish painter with little success who lived in poverty, specializing in the painting of vases, baskets, garlands and signboards, that he had learned to paint without help of any teacher...

. He died at Madrid in 1690.