Agustín Esteve y Marqués (May 12, 1753 – 1830) was a Spanish painter, mainly active in the Royal household in Madrid.

Biography

Agustín Esteve was a portraitist to the Spanish Crown, who was influenced by

Francisco Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and ...

, including numerous copies of portraits by the great master. Among his masterworks is the portrait of the Countess of San Andrés de Parma. Condesa de Lerena, Mª Josefa Piscatori Díaz de Lavandero (ca.1800). Esteve was born in

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, in the province of the same name, on the 12 May 1753, possibly the son of a Valencian sculptor also named Agustín Esteve. He grew up in Valencia and studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in that city. In 1772 he won a first prize in the third class in the Painting department for a drawing at Madrid's

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. In 1778, Esteve failed to win the first prize at the Academia de San Fernando for painting. Like Goya, Esteve became established when the

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was still dominant in Madrid. However, in the late 18th century, 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 reals compared to the 15,000 that most other painters received, or the 65,000 of Francisco Goya.

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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