Oil on canvas. Canvas measures: 127 x 98 cm. The eldest son of Vicente López and brother of Luis, also a painter, he was born in Valencia on August 20, 1799. Like his brother, he entered the Academy of San Fernando in 1825, and soon obtained, thanks to his father, several palatial works, such as that of Queen María Isabel de Braganza as founder of the Royal Museum, undoubtedly her best-known work, signed in 1829 (Museo del Prado). He was the most faithful imitator of his father's style, sharing work and clientele with him, reaching a certain reputation in his time as a portrait painter, especially in the pastel technique. Of his production, the series of portraits of wet nurses of the royal family painted for the Palace and portraits such as that of Isabel II as a girl, dressed as an Andalusian pestle, stand out. which he presented at the Paris Salon in 1855 together with the portrait of Prince Alfonso in the arms of his nurse (National Heritage), Director of Studies at the San Fernando Academy since 1844 and President of its Painting section from shortly after until his After his death, in 1843 he was appointed painter of the Chamber of Isabel II, working as a teacher for several members of the royal family as well as the sovereign herself, who would grant him the appointment of First Painter on February 17, 1858, from which he would cease ten years later , after the revolution of September 1868. He died in Madrid on August 1, 1874 (Díez, JL: Vicente López (1772-1850), 1999). Origin: old family collection from a mansion in southern Spain. Director of studies at the San Fernando Academy since 1844 and President of its Painting section from shortly after until his death, in 1843 he was appointed painter of the House of Isabel II, acting as a teacher for several members of the royal family as well as his own. sovereign, who would grant him the appointment of First Painter on February 17, 1858, from which he would cease ten years later, after the revolution of September 1868. He died in Madrid on August 1, 1874 (Díez, JL: Vicente López (1772 -1850), 1999). Origin: old family collection from a mansion in southern Spain. Director of studies at the San Fernando Academy since 1844 and President of its Painting section from shortly after until his death, in 1843 he was appointed painter of the House of Isabel II, acting as a teacher for several members of the royal family as well as his own. sovereign, who would grant him the appointment of First Painter on February 17, 1858, from which he would cease ten years later, after the revolution of September 1868. He died in Madrid on August 1, 1874 (Díez, JL: Vicente López (1772 -1850), 1999). Origin: old family collection from a mansion in southern Spain. who would grant him the appointment of First Painter on February 17, 1858, from which he would cease ten years later, after the revolution of September 1868. He died in Madrid on August 1, 1874 (Díez, JL: Vicente López (1772-1850 ), 1999). Origin: old family collection from a mansion in southern Spain. who would grant him the appointment of First Painter on February 17, 1858, from which he would cease ten years later, after the revolution of September 1868. He died in Madrid on August 1, 1874 (Díez, JL: Vicente López (1772-1850 ), 1999). Origin: old family collection from a noble Hacienda in southern Spain.
