Gregorio Ferro

Gregorio Ferro Requeijo (1742, Boqueixón - 23 January 1812, Madrid) was a Spanish painter and academy director.

In 1772 he took second place, behind Jacinto Gómez Pastor [es], in the first-class art competition, with his allegorical rendering of the birth of the Infante, Carlos Clemente, first-born of King Charles IV.

Before leaving for Rome, he had already created some drawings for the Royal Court and, in 1781, was elected to the Academia in recognition of his painting depicting the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.

He was never appointed a court painter; possibly due to the tough competition for the post at that time.

[1] His opus includes numerous religious works in churches and at the court, including small pieces in Murcia, Cuenca and his home province of Galicia at the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela.