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4 unusual facts about Simon Pereyns


1530 in art

Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico (died 1600)

1600 in art

Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico (born 1530)

Belgium–Mexico relations

Simon Pereyns of Antwerp is considered the founder of Mexican painting, and some of his painted screens are in the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

San Bernardino de Siena Church, Xochimilco

In the rest of the church and monastery there are paintings and frescos, a number of which by famous artists such as Baltasar de Echave and his son, Simon Pereyns, Sánchez Samerón Caravaggio, Francisco Martínez, Luis Arciniegas and Juan Martínez Montañés.



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