(b Zamora, Spain, 2 Nov 1731; d Mexico City, 18 April 1798). Spanish printmaker and medallist, active in Mexico. He was one of the first students at the Academia de S Fernando in Madrid (founded 1752), training as a painter, medallist and printmaker and gaining the diploma of Académico de Mérito in engraving. The finest works he carried out in Spain were the medals for the proclamation of Charles III (1762) and for the Montepío de los Cosecheros de Málaga; the latter won him the post of Senior Engraver at the Casa de Moneda in Mexico City.