This is the preparatory sketch for the painting posthumously depicting the second wife of King Ferdinand VII, Maria Isabel de Braganza (Lisbon, 1797–Aranjuez, 1818), as founding queen of the Real Museo de Pinturas (Royal Museum of Paintings). It commemorates the involvement of the Portuguese-born queen in the reconditioning of the Real Museo de Pinturas and depicts her as if approving the proposals for the installation of its galleries.Concerning the final painting, the oil sketch anticipates an

Francisco Antonio González Oña (Casar de Talamanca, Guadalajara, 5 February 1773–Madrid, 23 October 1833) was Doctor of Theology, chaplain of the Royal Regiment of Guards de Corps, confessor of Queen Maria Christina, Professor of Arabic and Hebrew at Alcalá University, rector of the hospital de la Concepción in La Latina, senior librarian at the Biblioteca Real (Royal Library), lifetime secretary of the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy) since 1814

Portrait of the painter Vicente López (Valencia, 1772–Madrid, 1850), by whom the Museo del Prado has many works.

Dionisio de Bassecorut y Armero, Marquess of Bassecourt (Barcelona, 1793–Madrid, 1874). Field marshal, Minister Plenipotentiary of Ferdinand VII at the Court of Saxony, of the Duke of Luca at the Court of Sardinia and acting Gentleman of Chamber. On his frock coat, he wears the badge of the Order of Saint Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies, Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus of Sardinia, and a cockade.

Alejandro Mon y Menéndez, politician and diplomat, was born in 1801 in Oviedo, where he studied law at the university. Under the protection of the Count of Toreno and his brother-in-law, the Marquis of Pidal, he entered politics after the death of Ferdinand VII, and was appointed Minister of Finance in 1837, 1846 and 1848. He is fairly regarded as one of the great 19th century finance experts and he is remembered, above all, for his fundamental reforms of the tax systems. The document and

Portrait of Cardinal Juan José Bonel y Orbe. Confessor to Queen Isabella. The crosses and sashes of Charles III, chaplain of honour, and Isabella the Catholic are superimposed on the cape and also hang from his coat of arms. In the background, on the left, the cardinal´s coat of arms appears.

Retrato de Cecilia Santos de Loma, documentada en 1848. Su hija Julia de la Loma Santos (1839-1915) casó con el ingeniero de minas Luis Barinaga Corradi (1834-1881).

Copy taken between 1970 and 1990 from a later print made by Juana Roig using a Lacoste negative. The original photograph was taken between 1907 and 1915. In the lower right corner you can see Roig´s dry stamp photographed. It is considered that Juana Roig edited the photographs produced by José Lacoste.

María Isabel of Braganza was born in Lisbon on 19 May 1797, daughter of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. She became queen of Spain when she married her uncle, Ferdinand VII, on 28 September 1816 and became his second wife. She died during childbirth in Aranjuez on 26 December 1818. It must be noted that this is a posthumous portrait. The artist was the son of Vicente López and his most faithful disciple. As a model for this painting, he used the oval bust portrait