Francesco Preciado de la Vega

Francesco Preciado de la Vega, known in Italy as Preziado (c. 1713- 1789) was a Spanish-Italian painter, active in a neoclassical style.

Biography

He was born in Écija, Spain. But by the age of 20, he had emigrated to Rome.[1] He became principe of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome From 1764 to 1767..[2]

In 1758, he was appointed director of the newly established Spanish Academy in Rome; he retained the post all his life. He wrote a treatise on painting: Arcadia Pittorica in 1788. His wife, Caterina Cherubini, was also a painter.[3]

He was also a member of the Spanish Academia de San Fernando, and for a time painter of the chamber (pintor de cámara) for the King of Spain. He painted both sacred subjects and portraits.[4] Francesco Manno was one of his pupils.

References

  1. ↑ Biografias y Vidas, biography website.
  2. ↑ Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostril, by Gaetano Moroni, published in Venice, (1857): page 132.
  3. ↑ Pastellist biographies, website.
  4. ↑ Biografias y Vidas website.
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