Tomas de Aguiar

{{short description|Spanish painter}}

{{short description|Spanish painter}}

[[File:Antoniosolis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|”[[Antonio de Solis]]”, traditionally attributed to [[Juan de Alfaro y Gamez]] and Tomas de Aguiar, [[Museum of Lázaro Galdiano]], 1660]]

[[File:Antoniosolis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|”[[Antonio de Solis]]”, traditionally attributed to [[Juan de Alfaro y Gamez]] and Tomás de Aguiar, [[Museum of Lázaro Galdiano]], 1660]]

”’Tomas de Aguiar”’ (died c. 1679) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] painter, active during the [[Baroque]] period. He was a pupil of [[Diego Velázquez]], and known for painting portraits.

”’Tomás de Aguiar”’ (died c. 1679) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] painter, active during the [[Baroque]] period. He was a pupil of [[Diego Velázquez]], and known for painting portraits.

With little information about his life, the most accurate news is that provided by the 17th-century historian Lazaro Diaz del Valle, and a friend of Velasquez, which included Aguiar in his handwritten notes in the section dedicated to the “Spanish Lords and Noble Knights have been entertaining to paint and draw,” where it said :

With little information about his life, the most accurate news is that provided by the 17th-century historian Lazaro Diaz del Valle, and a friend of Velasquez, which included Aguiar in his handwritten notes in the section dedicated to the “Spanish Lords and Noble Knights have been entertaining to paint and draw,” where it said :