Eduardo Balaca

Eduardo Balaca y Orejas-Canseco (c. 1840–1914) was a Spanish portrait painter, decorative artist, and art teacher.

His father was the portrait painter and miniaturist, José Balaca.

He grew up in Lisbon, where his father had gone into exile for political reasons.

[1] Some of his best-known works include posthumous portraits of Miguel de Cervantes and Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, as well as episodes from the life of Saint Teresa.

He created an "Allegory of Philosophy" for the Ateneo de Madrid and worked with his brother, creating figures of Saints Mark and Matthew for the Iglesia del Buen Suceso.