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José Gómez de Navia (1757, in San Ildefonso – after 1812, in Madrid) was a Spanish engraver and draftsman.
Leonardo Galli, ''Nuevas indagaciones acerca de las fracturas de la rótula y de las enfermedades que con ella tienen relación''
Google books. He tried several new methods of engraving, and introduced the technique known as " stippling", which he used in his ''Collection of Devout Heads, Taken from Paintings by Famous Artists'' (1794), and in his portrait of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza in the ''Portraits of Illustrious Spaniards''.Juan Carrete Parrondo, Estrella De Diego and Jesusa Vega, ''Catálogo del Gabinete de Estampas del Museo Municipal de Madrid, Estampas españolas'', Vol. I, Madrid, Museo Municipal, 1985, . His culminating work is the ''Collection of Different Views of the Magnificent Temple and Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Factory of the Catholic and Prudent King Felipe II, built by the Distinguished Architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera his Disciple '', which he undertook on his own initiative. In a letter addressed to the Academia in 1800, he noted that he was short of work and, pursuing his fondness for drawing, spent the summer sketching at El Escorial.Jesusa Vega, ''Ciencia, arte e ilusión en la España ilustrada'', Madrid, CSIC, Ediciones Polifemo, 2010, King Charles IV was so pleased with them, he commissioned more, depicting Aranjuez, and provided an annual pension of 300 ducats. Possibly due to failing eyesight or other health issues, the actual engravings were executed by and . Similar projects followed, with the engravings done by Alegre, and Alonso García Sanz (c. 1781-c. 1819). His last known work was a series entitled ''Collection of the Best Views and Most Sumptuous Buildings in Madrid'' (1812).
''Diccionario de grabadores y litógrafos que trabajaron en España. Siglos XIV a XIX''
Digitalized works
in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Biblioteca Nacional de España {{DEFAULTSORT:Navia, Jose Gomez de 1757 births 1810s deaths Spanish engravers Spanish illustrators People from the Province of Segovia
José Gómez de Navia (1757, in San Ildefonso – after 1812, in Madrid) was a Spanish engraver and draftsman.
Life and works
He began his studies withManuel Salvador Carmona
Manuel Salvador Carmona (20 May 1734 – 15 October 1820) was a Spanish engraver, designer and illustrator. Two of his brothers were also artists: , a sculptor, and Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, also an engraver.
Biography
Carmona was born in ...
at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and won a prize for engraving in 1784. On numerous occasions, he collaborated on projects to illustrate the scientific publications of the Imprenta Real (Royal Printing Office), such as ''Elements of Theoretical and Experimental Physics'', by the French physicist Joseph-Aignan Sigaud de Lafond (1787), ''The Ten Books of Architecture'', by Vitruvius, translated by (1787), ''Physical-chemical Elements of General Water Analysis'' by Torbern Bergman (1794), and ''New Inquiries About Kneecap Fractures and the Diseases that are Related to it'', by the Catalonian physician Leonardo Galli (1795).Google books. He tried several new methods of engraving, and introduced the technique known as " stippling", which he used in his ''Collection of Devout Heads, Taken from Paintings by Famous Artists'' (1794), and in his portrait of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza in the ''Portraits of Illustrious Spaniards''.Juan Carrete Parrondo, Estrella De Diego and Jesusa Vega, ''Catálogo del Gabinete de Estampas del Museo Municipal de Madrid, Estampas españolas'', Vol. I, Madrid, Museo Municipal, 1985, . His culminating work is the ''Collection of Different Views of the Magnificent Temple and Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Factory of the Catholic and Prudent King Felipe II, built by the Distinguished Architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera his Disciple '', which he undertook on his own initiative. In a letter addressed to the Academia in 1800, he noted that he was short of work and, pursuing his fondness for drawing, spent the summer sketching at El Escorial.Jesusa Vega, ''Ciencia, arte e ilusión en la España ilustrada'', Madrid, CSIC, Ediciones Polifemo, 2010, King Charles IV was so pleased with them, he commissioned more, depicting Aranjuez, and provided an annual pension of 300 ducats. Possibly due to failing eyesight or other health issues, the actual engravings were executed by and . Similar projects followed, with the engravings done by Alegre, and Alonso García Sanz (c. 1781-c. 1819). His last known work was a series entitled ''Collection of the Best Views and Most Sumptuous Buildings in Madrid'' (1812).
References
Further reading
* Juan Carrete Parrondo''Diccionario de grabadores y litógrafos que trabajaron en España. Siglos XIV a XIX''
External links
Digitalized works
in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Biblioteca Nacional de España {{DEFAULTSORT:Navia, Jose Gomez de 1757 births 1810s deaths Spanish engravers Spanish illustrators People from the Province of Segovia