Gaspar de Figueroa Saucedo: A Colombian Pioneer of Baroque Portraiture Gaspar de Figueroa Saucedo (c. 1594 – Santafé, Colombia, December 12, 1658) stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of New Granada—modern Bogotá—during the Spanish colonial era. Born in Mariquita, Colombia, he emerged from humble beginnings to become one of the foremost practitioners of religious portraiture and a masterful interpreter of martyrdom nar…