# Esteban March

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**Esteban March** (c,1610, [Valencia](/source/Valencia) - c.1668, Valencia) was a Spanish [Baroque](/source/Baroque) painter. Most of what is known about his life comes from writings by [Antonio Palomino](/source/Antonio_Palomino), who lived slightly later than March.

## Life and work

His works may be compared, stylistically, to those of [Pedro Orrente](/source/Pedro_Orrente), which suggests that he may have studied with him during Orrente's stay in Valencia (1638-1645). A depiction of Moses crossing the Red Sea, at the [Museo del Prado](/source/Museo_del_Prado), which incorporates numerous figures and detailed animals, appears to owe a special debt to Orrente's style.

Palomino indicates that he had a violent and extravagant temperament; based on anecdotes told by [Juan Conchillos](/source/Juan_Conchillos), one of his more prominent students. Some of this aggressive, nervous character is reflected in his [battle paintings](/source/Battle_painting), which are his best known and most admired works. It is said that he had to work himself into a fury with martial music before beginning to paint. His interest in battlefields is also reflected in his paintings of Biblical scenes; notably two at the [Museu de Belles Arts de València](/source/Museu_de_Belles_Arts_de_Val%C3%A8ncia), which depict *[Joshua Stopping the Sun](/source/Book_of_Joshua)* and the *[Triumph of David](/source/Goliath)*. There is also some indication that he was familiar with the works of Italian battle painters, such as [Aniello Falcone](/source/Aniello_Falcone), [Salvator Rosa](/source/Salvator_Rosa) and [Antonio Tempesta](/source/Antonio_Tempesta).

His religious works include a [Last Supper](/source/Last_Supper) in the communion chapel at the [Iglesia de los Santos Juanes](/source/Iglesia_de_los_Santos_Juanes) and a [Calvary](/source/Calvary), in a private collection in Madrid. Again, his style owes much to Orrente.

His drawings are also significant. These include a self-portrait, a portrait of his son, [Miguel](/source/Miguel_March), and several studies of hands and knees from the collection of [Raimon Casellas](/source/Raimon_Casellas).

Although Palomino gives his year of death as 1660, he is referred to as still being alive in writings by [José García Hidalgo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Garc%C3%ADa_Hidalgo), who visited Valencia in 1662 and 1667 and probably met with him.

## Sources

- Madrazo, Pedro de (1872). [*Catálogo Descriptivo e Histórico del Museo del Prado de Madrid (Parte Primera: Escuelas Italianas y Españolas*](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Tu8HAAAAQAAJ). Calle del Duque de Osuna #3; Original from Oxford University, Digitized May 1, 2007: M. Rivadeneyra. pp. [438](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Tu8HAAAAQAAJ/page/n498)–439. Catalogo Prado Madrazo.
- Palomino, Antonio (1988). *El museo pictórico y escala óptica III, El Parnaso español pintoresco laureado*. Madrid: Aguilar. ISBN 84-03-88005-7.
- VV. AA. (1996). *Cinco siglos de pintura valenciana. Obras del Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia*. Valencia: Museo de Bellas Artes-Fundación Central Hispano. ISBN 84-920722-6-1.
- [Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E.](/source/Alfonso_P%C3%A9rez_S%C3%A1nchez) (1992). *Baroque Painting in Spain, 1600-1750* (*Pintura barroca en España 1600-1750*). Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra S.A. ISBN 84-376-0994-1.

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