Cristóbal Ramírez (active 1566, died 1577) was a Spanish painter and illuminator of manuscripts for King Felipe II. He was a native of Valencia, and did most of his work in his native city. Returning to el Escorial. he died there, leaving his daughter and two sons under the king's protection. Among the books illuminated by this artist were the Oficio di difuntos, the Intonario, and the Brevario Nuevo en Cantoria for the Escorial.
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- Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 345.
