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Pacheco, Francisco 1564-1654
Spanish painter

Born in Seville, he was influenced by Raphael, painted portraits and historical subjects, and opened a school of art at Seville, where Velazquez was his pupil and became his son-in-law. He wrote a notable technical treatise, Arte de la pintura (1639).