Luis Melendez 1718-1722
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 82 x 62 cm (32.3 x 24.4 in)
cyf Philip V of Spain 1716-80
He assisted his father, artist Francisco Melendez, until 1737, when he began studying with Lewis-Michel Vanloo, the court painter to Philip V of France. Although accepted (1745) into the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, he was expelled after his father denounced the academy in a dispute over a royal competition. After traveling throughout Italy, he returned to work for his father as an illustrator of choirbooks.
