Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio (attributed) (Seville, 1644-Madrid, 1695) Sevillian Baroque School of the 17th century Holy Family with San Juanito. Oil on canvas measurements: 105 x 75 cm. Measurements with frame: 116 x 90 cm. Born in Seville, he was a member of a prominent Andalusian noble family, and entered in 1660 as a knight of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. For this reason he had to move to the island of Malta, seat of the Order and its Grand Master, to take the tests as a knight, carrying out the mandatory tasks of stewardship and also of a war type (especially against the Turks). In his brief returns to his hometown he took the opportunity, for example, to photograph the recently appointed Seville archbishop Ambrosio Ignacio de Spínola (1670), demonstrating how much he knew the Murrillesque style when he was not under the chiaroscuro influence of Preti, and that it is true what the classics of art historiography point out: his great ability as a portraitist. On another occasion he would take the opportunity to join the prestigious and elitist Brotherhood of Charity. In August 1695, Núñez de Villavicencio returned to Madrid from Seville, where he would have traveled on personal matters or to rest. He was surely going to rejoin his position when he died at the inn where he was staying. This is recorded in the account books of the Madrid reception of the Order of Saint John, which contain the accounts due to his death and even a brief inventory of his possessions at his last moment, as well as other details. of his will. Provenance: important private collection, Madrid. Lot not subject to reserve price. Liquidation of important private family collection.