Cerezo, Matteo

Cerezo, Matteo an eminent Spanish painter, was born at Burgos in 1635. He studied at Madrid, under Juan Carrefo, and painted several pictures for the churches of Madrid and Valladolid. His best performance is, Christ with his Disciples at Emmaus. He died in 1685. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.