Cristóbal García Salmerón

It is generally assumed that he was a student of Pedro Orrente, either in Cuenca or Toledo, but no documentary evidence supports it.

His first signed work, "San Julián, obispo de Cuenca", created for Málaga Cathedral in 1673, owes some obvious debt to Orrente as well as Vicente Carducho.

That work received great praise from the art historian Antonio Palomino, when he saw it at the Royal Alcázar of Madrid.

He is also credited with a series of half-length apostles carrying signs with verses from the Creeds, of which many copies were made.

At an unknown date, he moved to Madrid, which is attested by the presence of several works in his style; notably at the Convento del Carmen Calzado.