Fray Jaun Andres Rizi (Madrid, 1600 - Monte Cassino, 1681) was a Spanish painter. In 1628 he entered the Benedictine Order, studied in Salamanca, and became Abbot of the Medina del Campo in Madrid. He afterwards went to Rome, where he was made an Archbishop by pope Clement X. He died at Monte Cassino in 1681.
[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 185 x 216 cm]
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