The artist's name is not provided in the text, but it describes the Sevillian school of the late 17th century and its relation to the style of Cornelius Schut, a painter of Flemish origin who settled in Seville around 1645. Schut's style reveals stylistic traits typical of the Flemish school inherited from his native land and from the teachings he received from his father, who was also a painter, and from other artistic trends such as the painting of Murillo and Valdés Leal. Antonio Palomino was noted for his skills as a portraitist and draughtsman, which may have led to his election as president of the Academy, and the drawings by his hand that have survived show a fluidity and liveliness of line close to that of Murillo, to whom they have...