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Vicente López

Spanish painter active during the transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, recognized as one of the leading portraitists of the 19th-century Spanish court. He developed his career mainly in Valencia and Madrid, where he served as first chamber painter under the reigns of Ferdinand VII and Isabella II.

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  1. 1814Es nombrado primer pintor de cámara del rey Fernando VII.⧉
  2. 1817Asume la dirección general de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.⧉
  3. 1826Retrata al pintor Francisco de Goya durante una estancia temporal de este en Madrid procedente de su exilio en Burdeos.⧉
  4. 1850Fallece en Madrid el 22 de julio.⧉

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