Through the influence of his father, Zuloaga worked in his youth at the Royal Palace of Madrid.

[2] Daniel Zuloaga was born in 1852 into a family of artists who specialized in metal work.

[3] In the initial years of his life, he was trained by his family in these skills, particularly by his father Eusebio Zuloaga who was director of the Royal Armoury and specialist in damascene (metal inlay work), and his brother-in-law (sister’s husband) Ignacio Suárez Llanos who was a well-known painter.

He was very well known in Spain for his rich contribution to ceramic arts and also introducing coloured tiles, which depicted Castilian rural life.

[7] In 1905, Zuloaga purchased the Church of San Juan de los Caballeros in Segovia, which he converted into his workshop.

Another wing of the church was the storehouse for the materials for his art works, such as “old missals, lecterns, parchments and chairs”.