José de Madrazo

José de Madrazo y Agudo
José de Madrazo, Self-portrait, c.1840
Born
José de Madrazo y Agudo

22 April 1781
Died8 May 1859
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando; Jacques-Louis David, Paris; Accademia di San Luca, Rome
Known forPainter, etcher and lithographer; Director of the Prado Museum; Art collector
MovementNeoclassical
SpouseIsabel Kuntze (daughter of artist Tadeusz Kuntze)

José de Madrazo y Agudo (22 April 1781 8 May 1859) was a Spanish painter and engraver; one of the primary exponents of the Neoclassical style in Spain. He was the patriarch of a family of artists that included his sons Federico and Luis; and his grandsons, Raimundo and Ricardo.