Barnuevo, Don Sebastian De Herrera

Barnuevo, Don Sebastian De Herrera, a Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect, was born at Madrid, according to Palomino, in 1611. He was instructed in painting by Alonso Cano. Many of his productions are to be found in the churches and convents at Madrid, the best of which among the paintings are, the Beatification of St. Augustine, in the great Chapel of the Augustine Recollets, and the Nativity, in the Church of San Geronimo. He died at Madrid in 1671.