Caro, Francisco

Caro, Francisco a Spanish painter, was born at Seville in 1627. He learned the first principles of his art from his father, Francisco Lopez, and then went to Madrid to study at the school of Alfonso Cano. He made rapid progress, and in 1658 was charged with the entire decoration of the chapel of Sant- Isidoro, in the church of St. Andrew. His most remarkable painting is The Jubilee, for the convent of San Francisco at Segovia. He died in 1667. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v.