- Agustín Esteve
Agustín Esteve y Marqués (
May 12 ,1753 – 1830) was a Spanish painter.Agustín Esteve was a portraitist and court painter to the Spanish Crown, best known for his work that is related to that of
Francisco Goya , including numerous copies of portraits by the great master. We shall mention his magnificent portrait of Marquesa de San Andrés de Parma / Condesa de Lerena , Mª Josefa Piscatori Díaz de Lavandero (ca.1800).Biography
Esteve was born in Valencia, in the province of Valencia on the
12 May 1753 possibly to Valencian sculptor also named Agustín Esteve.He spent his childhood in Valencia and studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. In 1772 he won a first prize in the third class in the Painting department for a drawing at Madrid's
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando . In 1778, Esteve failed to win the first prize at the Academia de San Fernando for painting.Like Goya, Esteve came up through the ranks when the
neoclassicism ofAnton Raphael Mengs was still dominant in Madrid. However, in the 1790s and perhaps the 1780s, Esteve came under Goya's influence, as well.On
June 14 1800 , the King named Esteve "Painter to the Court." He was paid a salary of 6,000 reales compared to the 15,000 that most other painters received, or the 55,000 of Francisco Goya.Works
References
* "Agustín Esteve, y Goya" by Martín S. Soria, 1957.
* "Agustín Esteve, y Goya" by Martín S. Soria, in "The Art Bulletin", Vol. 25, No. 3, (Sep., 1943), pp. 239-266.
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