Ramón Sagredo (1834–1870) was a 19th-century

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painter and photographer who worked under the patronage of Emperor Maximilian and decorated the former

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of "La Profesa" with the

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master

Pelegrí Clavé Pelegrí Clavé i Roqué sometimes Pelegrin Clavé (17 June 1811, Barcelona – 13 September 1880, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who lived and taught in Mexico for many years. Biography From 1822 to 1833, he studie ...

. Trained at

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from 1854 to 1859, he received praise for his ''Jesus on the road to Emmaus'' (including a positive review by

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's national poet

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). Under sponsorship of

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, he went on to decorate Iturbide Hall at the Imperial Palace (current Ambassador's Hall at the

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) with a full-length, posthumous portrait of

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. He also worked with Clavé on the former

of ''La Profesa'' (ravaged by a fire in January 1914) and at San Carlos' galleries. By the end of the

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, his personal finances were dwindling. Following the example of many of his contemporaries, he ventured into photography by painting over photographic enlargements for a fraction of the cost of paintings. According to an 1862 newspaper article quoted by Oliver Debroise: Later on, as a photographer, he formed short-lived associations with Luis Veraza (1864), for whom he started coloring at Espíritu Santo 17 ½; and the Valleto brothers (''Sagredo, Valleto y Ca.'',1865) at Vergara 7, before setting up his own studio in the Mexican capital. He commits suicide on June 2, 1870, due to his passion for Maura Ogazón and Rubio, sister of Governor Pedro Ogazón.

Selected works

* ''Jesús en el camino a Emaús'' (Jesus on the road to Emmaus) shown at the gallery of the

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. * ''La muerte de Sócrates'' (The Death of Socrates), exhibited at the National Museum of San Carlos. * ''Ismael abandonado en el desierto'' (Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert), exhibited at the Querétaro Museum of Art. Image:Vicente Guerrero by Ramon Sagredo.jpg, ''

'' (circa 1865), a full-length, posthumous portrait of the Mexican liberator exhibited at Ambassador's Hall (

References

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