Esteban March

Old Woman with Tambourine

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Attributed to Esteban March

The Old Drinker

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Esteban March

The Crossing of the Red Sea (detail)

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Esteban March · Self-Portrait

Pollok House, Glasgow, Scotland

Esteban March (1610 – 1668) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born and died in Valencia. March is described as having an eccentric and erratic personality, if not lunatic. He collected weapons of all sorts in his studio, and often performed mock battles against the walls of the studio to instruct himself in the effects. He would work himself into a fury with music before painting. His marriage and home-life was equally disordered.

Esteban March (1610 – 1668)

Portrait of his son Miguel March (detail)

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Miguel March (1633 – 1670) became a painter and even surpassed his own father with his great talent.

Esteban March (1610 – 1668)

Self-Portrait (detail)

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Attributed to Juan Ribalta

Portrait of Jaime Juan Falcó

Museum of Fine Arts, Valencia, Spain

Jaime Juan Falcó (1522 – 1594) was a Spanish humanist, mathematician, and poet in Latin. This posthumous portrait depicts Falcó as Lieutenant of the Order of Montesa.