Get a Maíno Certificate of Authenticity for your painting (COA) for your Maíno drawing.

For all your Maíno artworks you need a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in order to sell, to insure or to donate for a tax deduction.

Getting a Maíno Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is easy. Just send us photos and dimensions and tell us what you know about the origin or history of your Maíno painting or drawing.

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We have been authenticating Maíno and issuing certificates of authenticity since 2002. We are recognized Maíno experts and Maíno certified appraisers. We issue COAs and appraisals for all Maíno artworks.

Our Maíno paintings and drawings authentications are accepted and respected worldwide.

Each COA is backed by in-depth research and analysis authentication reports.

The Maíno certificates of authenticity we issue are based on solid, reliable and fully referenced art investigations, authentication research, analytical work and forensic studies.

We are available to examine your Maíno painting or drawing anywhere in the world.

You will generally receive your certificates of authenticity and authentication report within two weeks. Some complicated cases with difficult to research Maíno paintings or drawings take longer.

Our clients include Maíno collectors, investors, tax authorities, insurance adjusters, appraisers, valuers, auctioneers, Federal agencies and many law firms.

We perform Fray Juan Baptist Maíno art authentication, appraisal, certificates of authenticity (COA), analysis, research, scientific tests, full art authentications. We will help you sell your Fray Juan Baptist Maíno or we will sell it for you.

Fray Juan Baptist Maíno was a Spanish painter during the Baroque era. Maíno was the son of a Portugese nobleman who served the Duchess of Pastrana. It is believed that Maíno was the assistant of the famous court painter, El Greco, but little hard documentation can be found as proof.

It is known that Maíno spent eight years, from 1600 to 1608, studying and working in Italy. In Italy Maíno came to know the work of Caravaggio, and his disciples, Orazio Gentileschi, Guido Reni and Annibale Carracci.

Through Maíno’s studies he developed his own style, which referenced classicism, naturalism, and tenebrism. Maíno eventually returned to Spain and settled in Toledo and began to work on a commissioned altarpiece, which now belongs to the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Two of the panels, Adoration of the Magi and Adoration of the Shepherds, are some of his most highly regarded pieces.

In 1613, Maíno entered the Order of Santo Domingo and lived in the monastery on San Pedro Martyr. As a member of the order, Maíno spent less time painting, but did make various biblically themed pieces.

Later in his life, Maíno forged a friendship with Diego Velazquez who chose Maíno in a public contest to create a historical painting to be displayed in the Palace of Madrid. Sadly, the painting was later destroyed during a fire in 1734.

Maíno remined religious until the end of his life, and died in the convent of Saint Thomas, Madrid. Maíno’s paintings are now in major museum collections around the world. The Museo del Prado in Madrid boasts a strong collection of Maíno’s work. Do you think you own a painting by Juan Baptist Maíno? Contact us. We are the experts.