Musician and engraver, inventor of the fissionotrazo. His studio in Paris was established at Cloitre St Honoré Rue St Honoré en face l'oratoire nº. 45 (in 1805, in no. 152)His solo work is documented in 1786, until 1788-89, when he appears associated with Quenedey, a period after which he signed again alone, and later re-associated, this time with Fouquet, until approximately 1799 and then with Fo
A pupil of Houasse in Madrid between 1726–30, he travelled to Paris, Rome and Naples at his own expense, completing his education there. Upon his return in 1737, he became acquainted with the court milieu, worked for the Palace and, from 1744, was a member of the Preparatory Board for the foundation of the Royal Academy of Noble Arts. He married a daughter of the engraver Juan Bernabé Palomino, ne
Goya was born unexpectedly in his mother’s birthplace, Fuendetodos. His parents, Braulio José Goya, a gilder; and Gracia Lucientes, from a family of wealthy farmers, actually lived in Zaragoza, where they had married in 1736. Francisco was the fourth of six siblings: Rita (1737), Tomás (1739), who was also a gilder and is sometimes mentioned as a painter; Jacinta (1743), Mariano (1750), who died i
This Spanish painter began his studies in Zaragoza at the workshop of Bohemian painter Juan Andrés Merklein. He also studied drawing with José Luzán Martínez. In 1758, he obtained a two-year pension to study at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, although he quit after just two months following disagreements with professor Antonio González Veláquez. Bayeu then returned to his native city, where