Francesco Preciado de la Vega, known in Italy as Preziado (c. 1713- 1789) was a Spanish-Italian painter, active in a neoclassical style.
Biography
He was born in Écija, Spain. But by the age of 20, he had emigrated to Rome. He became principe of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome From 1764 to 1767..
In 1758, he was appointed director of the newly established Spanish Academy in Rome; he retained the post all his life. He wrote a treatise on painting: Arcadia Pittorica in 1788. His wife, Caterina Cherubini, was also a painter.
He was also a member of the Spanish Academia de San Fernando, and for a time painter of the chamber (pintor de cámara) for the King of Spain. He painted both sacred subjects and portraits. Francesco Manno was one of his pupils.
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