... aqua fortis, not wanting in genius. He studied at Rome, and returning to Spain executed frescoes, with little success, in churches at Madrid and elsewhere. He became " pintor de cámara," or court painter, to the weak Charles IV. and vicious Ferdinand... España pintoresca - Página 245de Carolina Marcial Dorado - 1917 - 332 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| richard ford, f.s.a - 1882 - 430 páginas
...painter, to the weak Charles IV. and vicious Ferdinand VII. In numerous portraits of these kings and of members of the Spanish Bourbon family he made them,...but by no means an attractive example of his skill, and is in parts, especially in the details of costume, not altogether unworthy of Velasquez, whom he... | |
| Richard Ford, John Murray (Firm) - 1892 - 438 páginas
...painter, to the weak Charles IV. and vicious Ferdinand VII. In numerous portraits of these kings and of members of the Spanish Bourbon family he made them,...but by no means an attractive example of his skill, and is in parts, especially in the details of costume, not altogethei unworthy of Velasquez, whom he... | |
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