Francisco Javier Ramos y Alberto (1744-1817)
Francisco Javier Ramos y Alberto (1744-1817)

San Pedro y San Juan curando al paraltico

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Francisco Javier Ramos y Alberto (1744-1817)
San Pedro y San Juan curando al paraltico
firmado y fechado 'Franco. Ramos en Roma. ao 1783.' (bajo derecha sobre la base de la pilastra)
oil on canvas, unlined
273 x 167 cm. (107.5 x 65 in.)
con un marco espaol del S. XVIII tallado y dorado
Francisco Javier Ramos y Albertos (1744-1817), Saint Peter and Saint John healing the paralytic, signed and dated, oil on canvas, unlined

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El artista naci en Madrid, y sera discpulo de Meng. Hacia mediados de 1780 volvera a Madrid siendo nombrado miembro de la Real academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, llegando hasta el subdirector en 1794.


The artist was born in Madrid, and later worked as a pupil of Mengs. By the mid-1780s he had returned to Madrid, where in 1788 he became a member of, and in 1794 was Director of the Academy of San Fernando.