CARRANNO DE MIRANDA, DON JUAN, an eminent Spanish painter (1614–1681), studied under Pedro de las Cuevas and Bartolomé Roman. He was appointed painter to the court by Philip IV., and as a colourist is ranked by the Spaniards with Titian and Vandyk. His most celebrated paintings are, a Magdalen in the Desert, at Madrid; a Holy Family, at Toledo; and a Baptism of our Saviour, at Alcalá de Henares.