Diego Polo the Younger

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Diego Polo the Younger (1620-1655) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the nephew of the elder Diego Polo. He was born in Burgos. He was a scholar of Antonio Lanchares. He painted several pictures for the churches at Madrid, among them, the Baptism of Christ for the church of the Carmelites and an Annunciation for the church of Santa Maria. He also excelled in portraiture.

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• Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 305.