Miguel Manrique: 23 cool facts

Miguel Manrique, or Amberes, or El Flamengo (1604 – 1647), was a Baroque painter from the Southern Netherlands lithe in Spain. He was born in Flanders, and instructor his art there below Rubens, and afterwards, at Genoa, from Giovanni Andrea de’ Ferrari, and Cornells Wael. He bearing in mind obtained a commission as captain of a troop in the Spanish service, and went to Spain and contracted in Málaga, where are several works by him in the churches and elsewhere. His portraits are executed in a style thesame to that of Van Dijck. Miguel de Amberes died in Spain in the latter half of the 17th century.