Antonio de Puga - Knife Grinder [1635]

Antonio de Puga - Knife Grinder [1635], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Antonio de Puga (Orense, 1602 – 1648) was a Spanish born Baroque painter. Shortly before his death, and subsequent auction of assets, it became clear that he had collected a significant number of works by other artists, and a respectable library of just over a hundred volumes, which along with the usual devotional works are poems and plays that seem to indicate a high cultural level.

[Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm]