Miguel Jacinto Meléndez - Painter self-portrait

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MIGUEL JACINTO MELÉNDEZ Oviedo 1679 - Madrid 1734 Self-portrait of painter Oil on canvas Inscribed on the back: "J. Melendez 1 Gal Director of the R. Academy of SF" Measures 52.5 x 44.5 cm On the back is the old label of the Board of Confiscation and Artistic Heritage (inv. no. 21.018). The painter of Asturian origin Miguel Jacinto Meléndez was the founder of a family saga of artists, trained in the workshop of José García Hidalgo, he stood out as an accomplished portrait painter in the reign of Felipe V. His privileged position as a painter of The camera earned him the confidence of the royal family and the aristocracy for whom he performed his best works. This excellent Self-portrait presents the pictorial ways of Meléndez, and corresponds to his heyday, in which he portrays himself confident, through energetic brushstrokes and rich colors of great psychological introspection. Origin: - Santiago Collection. - Dukes of Infantado Collection. - Collection of the Count of the Andes, Jerez de la Frontera. - Private collection. Bibliography: - Elena María Santaigo Paez., Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, painter of Felipe V, Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, 1989, p. 94, nº 53. - Elena María Santiago Páez., Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, painter 1679-1734, Madrid, 2012, p. 141, figure 57. Work exhibited at: - Municipal Museum of Madrid. "Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, (1679 - 1734), Madrid, 1990. - Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias. "Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, painter of Felipe V", Oviedo, 1989.