Oil on table. Framed measures: 175 x 122 cm, canvas measures: 152 x 97 cm. Born in Almendralejo between 1502 and 1506, he trained with his father, the painter Juan de Vargas; He moved to Italy at a very young age, where, apparently, he spent most of his life and where he completed his training working in the circle of Rafael's immediate followers, among whom Perino del Vaga stands out. There he must have painted his youthful work, which has not yet been recognized, and wrote his diary in the Tuscan language, to which biographers refer and which unfortunately has not been preserved. Back in Seville, when he is close to turning 50, he works in the city and achieves great fame in its artistic circles; He died in that city in 1567, after having contributed to the renewal of Andalusian painting, by consolidating in the Sevillian school the Romanist forms introduced by the flamenco Pedro de Campaña. Francisco Pacheco, to whom his best portrayal is due, included in the Book of Portraits, conveyed a series of compliments on his person that are not limited to the field of painting but also pertain to the human realm, highlighting, with accomplished examples, his modesty and religiousness. Reference bibliography: “DE LA BANDA Y VARGAS, Antonio: Luis de Vargas”
