Francisco Pacheco, a Spanish painter, born in Seville in 1571, died there in 1654. From an early age he wrote verses in Spanish and in Latin. Until the age of 40 his reputation as a painter was confined to Seville, where he resided. He visited Madrid and the Escurial in 1611, and on his return opened an academy of painting on a more comprehensive scale than had previously been attempted in Spain; among its students was Velazquez, who married Pacheco's daughter. In 1618 he was appointed by the inquisition censor of the pictures exposed for sale in Seville, his chief duty being to see that none representing the nude human figure were sold. One of his regular occupations was the painting and gilding of statues. He passed his latter years in Seville, where his residence became the resort of men eminent in literature and art, and particularly of the Jesuits, to whom he was indebted for copious materials and hints for his Arte de pintura (4to, 1649). His paintings are rarely met with out of Spain. His masterpiece is the "Archangel Michael expelling Satan from Paradise," at Seville. Among his most famous works are "Ignatius Loyola " and "The Last Judgment," at Seville, and " The Baptism of Christ," at Granada. He executed several hundred portraits in crayon.