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García de Miranda, Juan
(b Madrid, 1677; d Madrid, 1749). Spanish painter. He was the principal representative of an extensive family of artists active in Madrid in the 18th century. He studied in the studio of Juan Delgado, and in 1724 he was appointed valuer of paintings and court painter. He was a skilled restorer and after the fire at the Alcázar in Madrid in 1734 was involved in the extensive restoration work needed on the paintings that survived. In 1735 he was appointed Pintor de Cámara. He was also a capable portrait painter, whose sitters included Philip V and his first wife, María Luisa Gabriela of Savoy (both Madrid, Prado), as well as the future Charles III (Murcia, Soc. Econ.). In his portraits he kept to early 18th-century compositions, although they also contain some archaic features.
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