Diego de Astor, of Toledo

Toledo, Spain

Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...

, studied under Domenico Theotocopuli

El Greco

El Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his ethnic Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος .El Greco was born on Crete, which was at...

, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia

Segovia

Segovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated north of Madrid, 30 minutes by high speed train. The municipality counts some 55,500 inhabitants.-Etymology:...

, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares

Diego de Colmenares

Diego de Colmenares was a Spanish historian and writer. He wrote Historia de la insigne Ciudad de Segovia y compendio de las historias de Castilla....

' 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid, 1640), and that to Bonet

Juan Pablo Bonet

Juan Pablo Bonet was a Spanish priest and pioneer of education for the deaf. He published the first book on deaf education in 1620 in Madrid....

's book on 'Speech for the Dumb,' one of the best works of the kind.