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Luis Fernández Noseret
Luis Fernández Noseret (fl. 1793-1829, Madrid) was a Spanish engraver who studied with Manuel Salvador Carmona at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Works He created numerous illustrations for the collection ''Portraits of Illustrious Spaniards'', including those of Vicente Espinel and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Luis de Requesens, under the direction of his teacher, Carmona, and Juan Sebastián Elcano, after drawings by . At the "Royal Company for engraving", he was charged with reproducing the Catherine of Palma, Saint Catalina by Guido Reni, after a drawing by León Bueno (fl. 1790-1810); again, under the direction of Carmona. He is also known for a copy of the Saint Joseph by Alonso Cano, after a drawing by José Camarón Bonanat, José Camarón and portraits of King Charles II of Spain, Charles II and Father , taken from the paintings by Claudio Coello in the sacristy of the Monasterio de El Escorial. In 1795, he created the ''Collection of the Principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Espinel
Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (; 28 December 15504 February 1624) was a Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro. He is credited the creation of the modern poetic form of the ''décima'', composed of ten octameters, named '' espinela'' in Spanish after him. Biography Espinel was born in Ronda. He studied at the University of Salamanca, where he adopted as his own his father's second surname, and later on at the universities of Granada and Alcalá. As a latinist, he translated to Spanish Horace's ''Epistola ad Pisones''. After leaving university, he had an adventurous life as a soldier, serving in Flanders and elsewhere. He was a prisoner of pirates at Argel and a soldier in Italy after being liberated, and returned to Spain about 1584. Afterwards, he moved to Madrid and took holy orders in 1589. Four years later he became chaplain at Ronda, but absented himself from his living. Still, his musical skill obtained for him the post of choirmaster at Plasencia. His (''As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
