Maria Luisa Carranque y Bonavía was a Spanish noblewoman and

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list. Carranque y Bonavía was the daughter of Antonio Carranque Mondragón y Vela and doña Isabel María Bonavía Grana García de Diana; her father was the third marquis of Yebra. Only one daughter, born to the couple in 1753, is recorded, under the names Isabel María; it is unknown whether or not this is the same individual as the artist. In 1773 she was unanimously named an honorary member of the

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal aca ...

after submitting for consideration a pastel of the ''

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'' which has been described as reminiscent of the work of

Alonso Cano Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano (19 March 16013 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.Francisco de Zurbarán Francisco de Zurbarán ( , ; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanis ...

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at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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