Mateo Gilarte

Mateo Gilarte (c. 1629, Orihuela - 1675, Murcia) was a Spanish Baroque painter.

By 1651, he had resettled in Murcia, where he collaborated with his brother Francisco, a cathedral painter, on producing a series of paintings devoted to the life of the Virgin.

Between 1663 and 1667, again collaborating with his brother, he created several oil paintings and frescoes in the chapel of the Brotherhood of the Rosary at the Convent of Santo Domingo [es].

According to the chronicler Antonio Palomino, he received some sort of tribute for his depiction of the Battle of Lepanto and became friends with the famous "Captain of Horses", Juan de Toledo [es], during its execution.

In his will, he declared himself to be poor and was buried in the chapel of the Brotherhood of the Rosary, of which he had become a member.