Felipe de Liaño was a Spanish

Spain

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 painter.

Born in Madrid

Madrid

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. He was pupil of Alonso Sánchez Coello

Alonso Sánchez Coello

Alonso Sánchez Coello was a portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance and one of the pioneers of the great tradition of Spanish portrait painting.- Life :...

, and may have completed some etchings in Italy that are signed by “Teodoro Felipe de Liagno”. He executed the portrait of Álvaro de Bazán, first Marquese de Santa Cruz for the emperor Rudolf. Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...

in his poetic epitaph (1602) said to the effect that “Nature killed him because he stole its paintbrushes”.