The Grandeur of the Spanish Baroque: The Life of Francisco Rizi Francisco Rizi de Guevara, a name synonymous with the theatrical splendor of the seventeenth-century Spanish Golden Age, lived a life that mirrored the very drama he captured on canvas. Born in Madrid around 1608, Rizi was destined for a life steeped in the arts. He was the son of Antonio Ricci, an Italian painter from Ancona who had traveled to Spain to contribute to the…