Felipe de Guevara

Felipe de Guevara (died 1563) was a Spanish humanist, art writer and patron.

He refers to the writings of Pliny the Elder regarding the invention of painting in encaustic by Aristides (although Guevara believes that it was used previously), and its perfection by Praxiteles.

He also credits the ancients with the invention of oil painting, a technique that in the sixteenth century was considered of recent origin.

The most interesting chapter of Guevara's work is about fresco and stucco decoration, which steps through the implementation process and the materials used at the time.

Although it refers to the text of Vitruvius, this source is continuously compared with traditional uses of Spain, making the passage a document of the first order for this technique, popular in the 16th century.