VALDÉS, Lucas de

Spanish painter and engraver, son of Juan de Valdés Leal. At the age of eleven he engraved four plates which are to be found in Fiestas de Seville a la canonización de San Fernando and form emblematic allusions to the virtues of that Saint. He became mathematical master of the Marine College at Cádiz, but continued to engrave until his death there. He also painted pictures of saints and portraits, several of which he engraved. One of his prominent painting was the Spanish victory in the Battle of Lepanto.

His son Juan was also an engraver.