Donoso, Josef

Donoso, Josef an eminent Spanish painter, was born at Consuegra in 1628, and studied in the school of Juan Carreno for six years. He executed a large number, of works for the churches and public edifices of Madrid, among which are those in the Convent de la Victoire, viz., The Canonization of St. Peter of Alcantara; six large pictures from the life of St. Benedict; The Conception;

The Last Supper. He died in 1686. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.