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Pencil drawing of Díaz Padrón, drawn by Inmaculada Alonso Blázquez

Matías Díaz Padrón (Valverde de El Hierro, 1935 - Madrid, 2022) was a professor, art historian and expert in Flemish painting. He was a specialist in 17th century art.

Education

• Educated at the "Viera y Clavijo" school in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and at the University of La Laguna. He specialised in Flemish painting at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, obtaining Cum laude and the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize in History with a thesis directed by the then director of the Prado Museum Diego Angulo Íñiguez on 17th century Flemish painting in Spain, which arose when researching the holdings of the Museo del Prado in the process of which the Spanish researcher was recovering paintings from oblivion, some of which had been mistaken in origin since the 17th century, thus making numerous discoveries and attributions of authorship.

Career

• First of his promotion, he achieved a position as scientific researcher at the Instituto Diego Velázquez of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
• Curator of the Prado Museum, Head of the Department of Flemish and Dutch Renaissance and Baroque Painting until his retirement in 2005, technical advisor to the Directorate of the Prado Museum .
• Special curator and scientific collaborator of international exhibitions, including those commemorating the 4th centenary of the birth of Rubens in 1977 in Brussels Splendeurs d'Espagne et les villes belges, 1510-1700; in 1980 in Buenos Aires and Caracas Pintura clásica española, Europalia 85; Rubens y su siglo, in Italy and Mexico; or in 1992 at the Museo del Prado David Teniers, Jan Brueghel y los gabinetes de pinturas.
• Author of the critical or reasoned catalogues on the paintings of the Prado Museum..
• Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1967-76) in the Chair of History of Modern and Contemporary Art and Doctorate courses (1989-95).
• Specialist lecturer at the Escuela Superior de Conservación-Restauración de Bienes Culturales (School of Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage). Throughout his life he has been an unpaid advisor to private individuals and professional colleagues.

Subsequently, in what has been more than six decades of professional career, he remained active as Honorary President of the Flemish painting research centre of the Moll Institutecontinuing his research and discovery of authorship, giving informative interviews and international conferences

• In his retirement, he wrote several monographs such as Jacob Jordaens and Spain or the United Nations award-winning Van Dyck in Spain, and published Writings on Rubens, a selection of his most significant articles and studies on the work of Rubens in Spain from 1964 to 2019, including new discoveries.
• He belongs to institutions of great scientific importance, and is a member of the Board for the Qualification and Export of Works of Art of Spanish Historical Heritage.
• Sixty years of dedicated work ended with the publication of the identification of Jan Wildens's authorship of the paintings exhibited in the hall of the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País a few months before his death in 2022.

Selected publications

Díaz Padrón has published more than forty monographs and more than three hundred and fifty articles on the discovery of authorship in specialised journals, including:

• 2021, Escritos sobre Rubens (Writings on Rubens).
• 2019, Gaspar de Crayer, a painter of stories. The Canvas of Rinaldo and Armida.
• 2018, Jacob Jordaens and Spain.
• 2016, The Young Queen Tomiris. Peter Paul Rubens
• 2013, Peter Paul Rubens. Archduke Albert of Austria. The medium, space and time.
• 2012, Van Dyck in Spain.
• 2009, Gaspar de Crayer. A new canvas by Gaspar de Crayer in Spain Caritas Romana
• 2008, Velázquez. Proposal to three discussed Velázquez: Saint Francis in Ecstasy, The Count Duke of Olivares from the Metropolitan and Las Meninas by Kingston Lacy.
• 2005, Murillo. A series of saints by Murillo in the Canary Islands
• 2005, Influence of Flemish art. Suggestions and influences of Flemish art in the work of Velázquez
• 2003, Tables of the Spanish Renaissance. Four Spanish Renaissance panels identified in the Diocesan Museum of Palencia. Pedro Berruguete, Antonio Vázquez, the Maestro de Becerril and the Divino Morales.
• 2002, Velázquez. Velázquez outside the walls: The Immaculate Conception, Saint Rufina and Las Meninas by Kingston Lacy
• 2001, Velázquez.
• 2001, Murillo. Three new paintings by Murillo in the Madrid collection.
• 2000, Velázquez. Velázquez, Innocent X and the Bishopric of the Canary Islands
• 1998, Van der Hamen, Alonso del Arco, Escalante and Navarro. Miscelánea de Pintura Barroca de la Escuela de Madrid: Van der Hamen, Alonso del Arco, Escalante y J.S. Navarro (Miscellany of Baroque Painting from the Madrid School: Van der Hamen, Alonso del Arco, Escalante and J.S. Navarro).
• 1995, The Century of Rubens in the Prado Museum.
• 1993, Van Dyck, Carreño, Cerezo, Crayer. Influence of Van Dyck on Carreño, Cerezo and Crayer * 1990, Gaspar de Rubens in the Prado.
• 1990, Gaspar de Crayer and Velázquez. Gaspar de Crayer y Velázquez, under the shadow of the Habsburgs
• 1990, Juan de Flandes. A panel from the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection returned to Juan de Flandes.
• 1989, Master of Astorga. The Master of Astorga: New unpublished or little-known panels in Spanish and foreign collections
• 1988, Maestro del Portillo. New paintings by the Maestro del Portillo in Spain and Chile
• 1987, Cornelius Schut the Younger. Three paintings by Cornelio Schut el Joven in Madrid collections
• 1986, Cornelio Schut el Joven.
• 1986, Cornelius de Vos. New paintings by Cornelius de Vos identified in Spanish and foreign collections
• 1985, Gerard Seghers. A canvas by Gerard Seghers attributed to Rubens in the House of Alba
• 1984, Maestro del Papagayo. New paintings by the Master of the Papagayo identified in Spanish and foreign collections
• 1982, Pierre van Lint. New paintings by Pierre van Lint unpublished and attributed to Murillo
• 1982, Flemish painters of the 16th century. Paintings by the Master of the Half-Figures identified in Spain, Caracas and Santiago de Chile. And a Last Judgement by Michel Coxcie.
• 1982, Paisajistas del siglo de Rubens. Five landscapes by four strange landscape painters from the century of Rubens in Spanish collections.
• 1982, Cornelis van Cleve. A Virgin of Humility by Cornelis van Cleve.
• 1982, Van der Hamen, Ramírez, Ykens. Three identified still lifes by Juan van der Hamen, Felipe Ramírez and Francisco Ykens
• 1982, Van Herp. New paintings by Guillaume van Herp
• 1982, Flemish Portrait. Influence and legacy of 17th century Flemish portraiture in the Spain of the Austrians
• 1981, Zurbarán. An unpublished fifth repetition of the Agnus Dei, by Zurbarán
• 1981, Vicente Sellaer. New paintings by Vicente Sellaer identified in the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville and Madrid collections
• 1981, Pedro Machuca. An unpublished panel by Pedro Machuca in the Monastery of Coria
• 1981, Master of the Prodigal Son. Two new identified paintings by the Master of the Prodigal Son
• 1981, L. J. de Vadder. A landscape by L. J. de Vadder in the Pastrana collection
• 1981, Jan Metsys. A Saint Jerome by Jan Metsys attributed to Jan Van Hemessen in the Camón Aznar Museum, Saragossa
• 1981, Coffermans. Identification of some paintings by Marcelus Coffermans.
• 1980, Garlands. Daniels, Van Balen, Frans Francken II. Annotation to three garlands from the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan and Palazzo Pitti Gallery.
• 1980, Adrian Thomasz Key. A portrait of Adrian Thomasz Key identified
• 1980, Master of the Prodigal Son. Two new identified paintings by the Master of the Prodigal Son
• 1980, Peter Brueghel. The work of Peter Brueghel the Younger in Spain
• 1980, Master of the Half-Figures. New paintings by the Master of the Half-Figures
• 1979, Master of Osma. New paintings by the Master of Osma
• 1979, Juan de Miranda. An Immaculate by Juan de Miranda in Havana
• 1979, Jean Van Hemessen, Jean van Scorel, Pietro de Lignis, Gaspar de Crayer, Balthasar Beschey. Several Flemish painters: Hemessen, Scorel, Pietro di Lignis, G. Crayer and B. Beschey.
• 1979, Pierre Snayers and Gerard Seghers. An equestrian portrait of Don Diego de Messia, by Pierre Snayers, and a Penitent Saint Peter, by Gerard Seghers, in Castres and Seville Cathedral.
• 1979, Pieter Aertsen. A Coronation of the Virgin by Pieter Aertsen in the Seville Provincial Museum of Fine Arts.
• 1978, Guillaume van Herp. Works by van Herp, in Spain. II.
• 1978, Pierre van Lint. The work of Pierre van Lint in Spain
• 1977, Guillaume van Herp. Works of Guillaume van Herp in Spain I
• 1975, Simon de Vos. Simon de Vos in Seville Cathedral * 1975, Simon de Vos.
• 1975, Frans Francken II. Frans Francken II in Seville Cathedral. Some considerations on his work in Spain.
• 1975, Joost de Momper, Jan Brueghel. Two canvases by Joost de Momper attributed to Jan Brueghel in the Prado Museum.
• 1974, Anton Van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens. A Pietà by Van Dyck attributed to Rubens in the Prado Museum.
• 1974, Master of Osma. An Altarpiece of St Michael the Archangel by the Master of Osma in the Diocesan Museum of Valladolid.
• 1973, Nicolás Veerendael. A garland by Nicolás Veerendael in the Prado Museum.
• 1973, Cornelis Decker. A landscape restored to Cornelis Decker in the Prado Museum.
• 1972, Huguet, El Greco, Ribera. An identified panel by Huguet. Two Grecos and an unpublished Jusepe Ribera.
• 1972, Master of Osma. A new panel by the Master of Osma.
• 1971, Antonio Vázquez. An Annunciation by Antonio Vázquez attributed to the Master of Borja
• 1970, Robledo Altarpiece. The altarpiece of Robledo de Chavela
• 1970, Divino Morales and Yáñez de la Almedina. Two new panels by Divino Morales and six medallions by Yáñez de la Almedina.
• 1970, Maestro de Becerril. Two unpublished altarpieces by the Maestro de Becerril in Ventosa de la Cuesta.
• 1969, Erasmo Quellinus. A Canvas by Erasmus Quellinus in the Prado Museum Psyquis and the Sleeping Love.
• 1968, Jacob de Backer. An unpublished Last Judgement by Jacques de Backer.
• 1968, Maestro de Becerril. A panel by the Master of Becerril in the Museum of Burgos
• 1968, Divino Morales and Maestro del Portillo. New panels by Divino Morales and Maestro del Portillo
• 1968, Gaspar de Crayer. Gaspar de Crayer in the Monastery of San Francisco de Burgos
• 1968, Pintura Flamenca. Miscellany of 17th century Flemish Painting outside Spain.
• 1966, Hendrick van Balen. A canvas by Hendrick van Balen in the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico
• 1965, Gaspar de Crayer. Gaspar de Crayer, a portrait painter of the Austrians
• 1965, Gaspar de Crayer. Some more portraits by Gaspar de Crayer.
• 1963-1967, Gaspar de Crayer. New paintings by Gaspar de Crayer in Spain: The Apparition of the Virgin to Fray Simón de Rojas and Don Juan José de Austria on horseback.

Selected awards

• Europa Nostra Research Award 2014, for his monograph Van Dyck in Spain.
• Academician of the Académie Royale d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art de Belgique.
• Academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel in the Canary Islands.
• Commander of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium.
• Spanish National Book Prize in 1996 for El Siglo de Rubens at the Prado Museum.
• Gold Master's Degree from the Forum de Alta Dirección.
• Gabarrón Prize 2007, for his contribution to the History of Art and Conservation-Restoration.
• Gold Medal for the Arts from the Government of the Canary Islands, 2002.
• Canary Islands Historical Heritage and Research Award 2008.

References

Category:Art Historians