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Francisco Agustín y Grande

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Francisco Agustín y Grande(1753–1800) was a Spanish painter of theNeoclassicstyle. He was born inBarcelona.He studied in Rome underAnton Raphael Mengs,and returned to become the director of a school of design inCordoba.In 1799, he became a member for theRoyal Academy of San Fernandoin Madrid. He mainly produced devotional paintings for churches in Cordoba.

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  • Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.).Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical.Vol. I.: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 10.