"Duchess of Osuna, the king and other notable people of the kingdom whom he painted. In 1786, Goya was given a salaried position as painter to Charles III. Goya was appointed court painter to Charles IV in 1789. The following year he became First Court Painter, with a salary of 50,000 reales and an allowance of 500 ducats for a coach. He painted portraits of the king and the queen, and the Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy and many other nobles. These portraits are notable for their disinclination to flatter; his ""Charles IV of Spain and His Family"" is"
"Bartolomé González y Serrano Bartolomé González y Serrano, (1564-1627) was a Spanish Baroque painter, specializing in painting portraits, which is shown as a continuation of Renaissance court portraits type practiced by Alonso Sánchez Coello and especially by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. González was born in Valladolid, and studied under Patricio Caxés and Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. He moved to Madrid, where he is documented from 1607, focusing on the execution of portraits for the Royal Court with Rodrigo de Villandrando and Andrés López Polanco. From 1617 he served as painter to King Philip III of Spain, occupying the"
"(1830–1914). Francis Bourgeois Sir Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois RA (November 1753 – 8 January 1811) was a British landscape and history painter, and court painter to king George III of the United Kingdom. He became an art dealer and collector in association with Margaret and Noel Desenfans, and with them founded Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Bourgeois was born in London in November 1753 (or, according to Royal Academy records, in 1756). He was the son of Isaac Emanuel Bourgeois, a prosperous emigre Swiss watchmaker, and Elizabeth Bourgeois (née Gordon or Garden). He had a sister. In 1768, when he"
"of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. Kneller was born Gottfried Kniller in the Free City of Lübeck, the son of Zacharias Kniller, a portrait painter. Kneller studied in Leiden, but became a pupil of Ferdinand Bol and Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn in Amsterdam. He then travelled with his brother John Zacharias Kneller, who was an ornamental painter, to Rome and Venice in the early 1670s, painting historical subjects and portraits in the studio of Carlo Maratti,"
"in 1737. Between 1714 and 1715 he portrayed Princess Elisabeth when she married King Philip V of Spain, from 1715 until 1737, he mainly resided with the royal family in Piacenza. In 1719 he was invited to go to Spain, probably by Princess Elisabeth, as she considered him as a trustable portraitist, but the journey was never undertaken. Though already elder in 1737, he relocated to Naples, where he was retained for some years as court painter for the young king Charles III of Spain, already duke of Parma and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. During those years two"
"was approximately twenty-six when she left Italy to join the Spanish court. In the winter of 1559–1560, she arrived in Madrid to serve as a court painter and lady-in-waiting to the new queen, Elisabeth of Valois, Philip’s third wife, who was herself an amateur portraitist. Anguissola soon gained Elisabeth's admiration and confidence and spent the following years painting many official portraits for the court, including Philip II’s sister, Joanna, and his son, Don Carlos. These types of paintings were far more demanding than the informal portraits upon which Anguissola had based her early reputation, as it took a tremendous amount"
"Francis Bourgeois Sir Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois RA (November 1753 – 8 January 1811) was a British landscape and history painter, and court painter to king George III of the United Kingdom. He became an art dealer and collector in association with Margaret and Noel Desenfans, and with them founded Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Bourgeois was born in London in November 1753 (or, according to Royal Academy records, in 1756). He was the son of Isaac Emanuel Bourgeois, a prosperous emigre Swiss watchmaker, and Elizabeth Bourgeois (née Gordon or Garden). He had a sister. In 1768, when he was"
"whereas the background is occupied by an anonymous mass of people shut in by darkness and a claustrophobic Gothic architecture. Born in 1746, Goya moved from his home town Saragossa to Madrid in 1775. He became a cartoon painter in the royal tapestry factory and his work was brought to the attention of the Spanish royalty. He was appointed court painter in 1789. Long before he painted ""The Inquisition Tribunal"", in 1783, he made a portrait of Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga aged six, who later became a cardinal at the age of twenty three and ended the notorious"
"succeeded him as chief painter to King Philip III of Spain. He died in Spain, where most of his works are to be found. Among the most celebrated of them is a ""Descent from the Cross"", in the church of San Felipe el Real, in Madrid (now in the Museo del Prado). Among his pupils was Francisco López. Bartolomeo Carducci Bartolomeo Carducci (156014 November 1608) was an Italian painter, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic. He was born in Florence, where he studied architecture and sculpture under Bartolomeo Ammanati, and painting under Federico Zuccari. He"
"of King Philip III to decorate the room for royal audiences in Madrid, where he painted a ""Judgment of Solomon"" in the vault. He was appointed Painter to the King in August 1612. Most of his works were completed in Madrid. Along with Vincenzo Carducci he painted the chapel of Our Lady del Sagrario in Toledo, and the canvases of the Retablo Mayor del Monasterio de Guadalupe. He was awarded 11,000 ""reales"" for a large historical canvas on the ""History of Agamemnon"" (now lost). Among his pupils are Luis Fernández and the barrister Valpuesta. He opposed a fee proposed to"
"also painted ""Saint John the Baptist"" (107 x 86 cm) which is now at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Francisco López (17th-century painter) Francisco López (1554 in Colmenar de Oreja near Madrid - 1629) was a Spanish painter and engraver. He was a pupil of Bartolommeo Carducci, whom he assisted in 1595 in painting for the church of San Felipe el Real at Madrid, destroyed by fire in 1718. He was appointed painter in ordinary to King Philip III of Spain. In 1603, he painted a series of paintings representing the victories of Charles V in"
"in 1760 full-length portraits of the children of Don Carlos and Don Gabriel (1770). Inza worked in the royal service record, but without ever obtaining any position on the court. In the 1770s, he painted at least three portraits of Charles III of Spain, which are preserved in the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Zaragoza and the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, all signed. He also painted a portrait of the poet Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa in 1785, one of Manuel Godoy, Prince of the Peace(1773), and of the Dowager Countess of Benavente, Zamora (1782)."
"Juan Pantoja de la Cruz Juan Pantoja de La Cruz (1553 – 26 October 1608) was a Spanish painter, one of the best representatives of the Spanish school of court painters. He worked for Philip II and Philip III. The Museo del Prado contains examples of his severe portraiture style. Juan Pantoja de La Cruz was born in 1553 in Valladolid. Very little is known of his formative years as a painter. He was a pupil of the court painter Alonso Sánchez Coello in Madrid and he must have assisted his master in complying with his duties as painter of"
"Massima, and his son, Alessandro Agostino, became cardinal in 1675, while a distant nephew, Marcello, became cardinal in 1743. Among his pupils were Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Juan Fernández, and Antonio de Pereda. Giovanni Battista Crescenzi Giovanni Battista Crescenzi (1577–1635) was an Italian painter and architect of the early-Baroque period, active in Rome and Spain, where he helped decorate the pantheon of the Spanish kings at El Escorial. He rose to prominence as an artist during the reign of Pope Paul V, but by 1617 had moved to Madrid, and from 1620 on, he was active in El Escorial. Philip III of"
"court painter for King Charles Albert of Sardinia, after being presented with the Civil Order of Savoy. As well as his historical canvases, he produced a number of church interiors in a topographical style. He was also the author of ""Trattato di geometria descrittiva"", published in 1813. Among his pupils were Giovanni Renica of Brescia, Luigi Bisi, and Federico Moja. Giovanni Migliara Giovanni Migliara (Alessandria, October 15, 1785 – Milan, April 18, 1837), was a nobleman and Italian painter active at the beginning of the 19th century, painting vedute and history paintings. Born to artisan parents of limited means, he"
"""Charlotte"", the name of her aunt. Caterina may have been related by marriage to Teresa Castellini, subject of a well-known portrait by her father, but this is not certain. Caterina Amigoni Castellini Caterina Amigoni Castellini was an Italian pastellist living in Spain. Castellini was the daughter of Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni; after his 1738 marriage to mezzo-soprano Maria Antonia Marchesini, he was appointed court painter in Madrid, moving there in 1747. In 1773 Richard Twiss, on a visit to the city, encountered the painter's two daughters, Signora Castellini and Signora Belluomini. Twiss claimed that both women were talented in both"
"in Aragon. He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y Martinez and moved to Madrid to study with Anton Raphael Mengs. He married Josefa Bayeu in 1773; their life was characterised by an almost constant series of pregnancies and miscarriages, and only one child, a son, survived into adulthood. Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty, and Rococo style tapestry cartoons designed for the royal palace. Goya was guarded, and although letters and writings survive, little is"
"Francisco López (17th-century painter) Francisco López (1554 in Colmenar de Oreja near Madrid - 1629) was a Spanish painter and engraver. He was a pupil of Bartolommeo Carducci, whom he assisted in 1595 in painting for the church of San Felipe el Real at Madrid, destroyed by fire in 1718. He was appointed painter in ordinary to King Philip III of Spain. In 1603, he painted a series of paintings representing the victories of Charles V in the King’s dressing-room at the Pardo Palace. He also etched the third, sixth, and seventh plates for Vincenzo Carducci's ""Dialogues on Painting"". He"
"King Philip III of Spain as an official court painter. In 1620 he painted a portrait of King Philip III in Lisbon depicting the swearing in ceremony with a view of the city in the distance. Few details follow about his life, almost all refer to his continued status as official court painter, which remained in effect until 1639, and even up to 1678 he was still designated as ""on reserve"". In his will he claimed to have been the father of eight children, one of whom, Gabriel, also took up painting. The absence of news for the last thirty"
"Martino Altomonte Martino Altomonte, born Johann Martin Hohenberg (8 May 1657, Naples – 14 September 1745, Vienna) was an Italian Baroque painter of Austrian descent who mainly worked in Poland and Austria. Martino Altomonte (Johann Martin Hohenberg) was born in a family of painters. Hohenberg's father was born in the Tyrol and emigrated to Naples. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to Giovanni Battista Gaulli in Rome. Later he trained under the guidance of Carlo Maratti. In 1684 Hohenberg became the court painter of John III Sobieski, king of Poland, and changed his name to Altomonte upon the"
"in two of the churches at Madrid, where he died in 1797. Charles Joseph Flipart Charles Joseph Flipart (1721–1797) was a French painter and engraver. He was born in Paris, the brother of Jean Jacques Flipart, and initially trained under his father Jean-Charles Flipart, his mother was Maria Boll, he was baptized at the parish of Saint-Severins. He visited Venice, and studied painting under Tiepolo and Amigoni, and engraving under Joseph Wagner. After staying some time at Rome he was appointed court painter and engraver by King Ferdinand VI of Spain in 1770. His best plates are the portraits of"
"Germany, the United Kingdom and the Museum of Vilafranca. Joan Comas Pausas Joan Comas Pausas (Vilafranca del Penedès, 25 June 1913 – 3 April 2009) was a Spanish painter, menswear trader and technical architect. Joan Comas Pausas was born in Vilafranca del Penedès in Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain. He was the son of Antonio Comas Torregrosa and Josefa Pausas Rovira. Orphaned at the age of fourteen, he moved to Barcelona where he became interested in fine arts: painting, drawing and antiquities. Barcelona was the city where he developed artistically. He attended drawing lessons with the painter Juan Lahosa at Baixas"
"painter. David III's mother died on 11 May 1656 and his father remarried on 21 October of the same year to Isabella de Fren, the 32-year-old daughter of Andries de Fren, secretary of the Council of Brabant. His father sent him to Madrid in 1661 with a letter of recommendation from Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena, then governor of the Southern Netherlands. He left on 26 April 1661. He was active in Spain as a designer of cartoons for tapestries and as a portrait painter. He remained at the court of Philip IV of Spain until 1663. The"
"to pursue other career possibilities. There he made some paintings, now lost, for Charles III of Spain, who was then King of Naples. After a fire at the Alcázar of Madrid in 1753 destroyed scores of illuminated choir books, Francisco coaxed his 37-year-old son to return to Spain to help paint new miniatures. Though Meléndez eventually executed scores of still lifes for the royal household, he did not secure an official appointment to serve the king. Meléndez worked out of Madrid and initially painted an array of subjects. In 1760 Meléndez's petition for the position of court painter was refused,"
"Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter (born Jerzy Szymonowicz; c. 1660 – c. 1711) was a prominent Polish painter and engraver of the Baroque style. He was court painter of king John III Sobieski and a Polish–Lithuanian noble. He is considered one of the most accomplished painters of Classical Baroque in Poland, who joined in his works classical theory with genuine motives. Siemiginowski (born as Szymonowicz) was the son of a painter, Jerzy Szymonowicz and Teodozja née Korunka, born in Lwów (Lviv) in the mighty Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (today part of Ukraine). In 1677 he was entrusted to the king John III Sobieski"
"1757, with the money from three prizes awarded by the Academia and the support of his family, he was able to study in Rome. He returned to Spain in 1765 and participated in the remodeling of the Palacio Real de Madrid under the direction of Anton Raphael Mengs, who had a significant influence on his style. In 1772, he created illustrations for a new edition of works by Francisco de Quevedo. His career in Madrid began in earnest when he was appointed a court painter in 1774 and became well known for his portraits. He not only worked at the"
"portraits including one of Maria Amalia of Saxony, wife of the Charles VII, king of Naples and Charles III of Spain. An altarpiece of the ""Immaculate Conception"" was painted in 1789 for the chapel of Royal Palace of Caserta. One of his pupils was Angelo Mozzillo. He died in Naples. Giuseppe Bonito Giuseppe Bonito (11 January 1707 – 9 May 1789) was a Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period. Giuseppe Bonito is known for genre depictions on canvas. Many of Gaspare Traversi's paintings had previously been attributed to Bonito. Bonito was born at Castellammare di Stabia, and, like Traversi, was"
"María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos Doña María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos (es: ""Doña María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, marquesa de Pontejos"") (1762–18 July 1834) was a patron of the artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. In 1786 at the age of twenty-four, she married the brother of the Count of Floridablanca (""Conde de Floridablanca""), King Charles III of Spain’s progressive prime minister. At that time, her husband served as Spain’s ambassador to Portugal. In the famous painting by Goya, painted shortly after the wedding, the marchioness is shown dressed in"
"the Cross of the Order of Carlos III. He died in Madrid, aged 68. Two of his children also became painters: Fernanda Francés y Arribas (1862-1939), who specialized in painting flowers, and Juan Francés Mexía (1873-1954). His cousin was the painter Emilio Sala, who was also one of his students. Plácido Francés y Pascual Plácido Francés y Pascual (April 1834 – 12 December 1902) was a Spanish painter who specialized in portraits, historical scenes and Costumbrista. He was born in Alcoy, and began his artistic education in Valencia, but moved to Madrid in 1854 to complete his studies. He became"
"Cornelis Schut III Cornelio Schut or Cornelis Schut III (alternative names: Cornelis Escut III, Cornelis Scut III, Cornelio Schut el Mozo, Cornelio Schut el joven) (c. 1629 – 1685) was a Flemish painter who was active in Seville, Spain during his entire career. He was one of the leading Flemish painters working at that time in Seville and he was very close in style to Murillo. He was born in Antwerp and trained with his uncle, the prominent Antwerp history painter Cornelis Schut. He travelled to Seville with his father who was employed by the Spanish king as an engineer."
"Maria Bárbola Maria Bárbola, also known as ""Mari"", ""Mariabárbola"" and ""Mariabárbola Asquín"" (died after 1700), was a Spanish court official, foremost known from the famous painting ""Las Meninas"". She was from Austria and from 1651 onward employed as a court dwarf in the household of the queen regent of Spain, Mariana of Austria, with the official title ""Enana de la Reina"", and a companion to Margaret Theresa of Spain. On 30 March 1700, King Phillip V reorganized the Spanish royal court in accordance with then-modern principles and as a consequence, the offices of court dwarf, fools and several other positions"
"Carl Gustaf Pilo Carl Gustaf Pilo (5 March 1711 – 2 March 1793) was a Swedish-born artist and painter, one of many 18th-century European artists who had to leave their own country in order to make a living. Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (), as well as in his native Sweden. Carl Gustaf is most famous for his masterly painting, ""The Coronation of Gustaf III"" commissioned by King Gustav III of Sweden. He was born on the farm Göksäter in Runtuna"
"given the Chair of Color and Composition at the , despite some strong opposition. Ten years later, he was named the school's Director. Among his notable students there were José Moreno Carbonero, Enrique Simonet and José Denis Belgrano. Because of his Republican sympathies, he was forced to leave Spain during the Third Carlist War and live in Rome until 1876. His works are widely dispersed throughout Western Europe, although thirteen paintings are preserved at the Museo de Málaga. One of his best known canvases portrays a meeting of the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia shortly after its creation."