Coello, Claudio (1630-1693)

Spanish painter. He painted large-scale religious and decorative works, and became painter to Charles II of Spain 1686. His principal work was the altarpiece in the sacristy of the Escorial, the Transfer of the Eucharist 1685-90, which introduced Charles kneeling among the nobles of his court.

This is an outstanding example of baroque illusionism, the painting repeating inversely the architecture of the sacristy in which it hangs.