Pedro Banchitar

Ongoing Dictionary of Little-known Artists Eduardo Lamas Pedro Banchitar is a Netherlandish weaver active in Castile in 1623. He worked at the tapestries manufacture created by Frans Tons I (1576-1633) in Pastrana under the patronage of Ruy Gómez de Silva (1596-1626), duke of Pastrana (García Calvo, 1995: 130-171; 182-291). In 1623, the presence of the Netherlandish weaver in Pastrana is attested by the birth of the child he had with the Netherlandish weaver Clara Banbosuyt (Alegre, 2003: 15...