Francisco Javier Ramos

Francisco Javier Ramos y Albertos (30 March 1746 - 11 October 1817) was a Spanish painter, born in Madrid. He became court painter to Charles IV of Spain and director of painting at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 98 x 72 cm, Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada.
Two Philosophers with Minerva (portraits of Francesco Milizia, the princesa de Santacroce and possibly José Nicolás de Azara), Rome, Palacio de España.

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    • García Sánchez, Jorge «Las colecciones del Palacio de España (siglos XVII y XVIII)» en El Palacio de España en Roma. Coleccionismo y antigüedades clásicas, Digital CSIC, EEHAR, 2010, pp. 17-36.
    • Marqués de Lozoya, «Cartas dirigidas por D. José Nicolás de Azara al pintor de cámara D. Francisco Javier Ramos / Palabras preliminares de El Marqués de Lozoya», Academia, nº 8 (1959), pp. 13-27.
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