Diego de Arroyo
Spanish artist
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| Intro | Spanish artist | |
| Places | Spain | |
| was | Painter Illuminator | |
| Work field | Arts Creativity | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1498 | |
| Death | 1 January 1551 (aged 53 years) |
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Diego de Arroyo, a miniature painter, who was born at Toledo in 1498, is supposed to have studied either in Italy or under an Italian master. His delicate miniature portraits gained him much renown, and the appointment of painter to Charles V. He also illuminated choir-books for the cathedral of Toledo. Arroyo died at Madrid in 1551.