El pintor madrileño José del Castillo (1737-1793)

Zusammenfassung

Considered by modern historiography one of the greatest exponents of the painting in the second half of the eighteenth century in Spain, the figure of José del Castillo lacked to date of a monograph settle once and for all the paper that touched him play in history of Spanish art. Part as a painter for the tapestry factory of Santa Barbara, had not taken into account other parameters of your output that enrich his artistic personality, a result of a wide and diverse artistic training that allow him to escape the name with which he knowing is far from being the most faithful follower of Corrado Giaquinto in Spain." Objectives". Extensive research in archives belonging to various institutions and libraries thorough literature review to enrich the knowledge of his life and career, and the study of his work, he came to lay the foundations and allow processing was required first catalog raisonné, which would accommodate not only the consolidation of his known pieces and incorporating new ones, but also the cleaning of his artistic corpus those that have been awarded without any rational basis, like other rescue from oblivion many, which disappeared in the course of the years, give testimony, with the hope that new findings allow a better understanding of their production. "Results". Were largely achieved the objectives, with the discovery of new information about his artistic and life journey. We were able to develop a complete biography has come to resolve and clarify much of the proposed problems and unknowns of his career, and find the circle of friends and protectors to be surrounded. Unfortunately they have not found the same results in many others, including at least we could make reasoned assumptions only the discovery of new documents may terminate tangibly. Similarly, research has enabled us to make an accurate judgment of his style and evolution, resulting in the first catalog raisonné of his production, which have been rejected several proposed works and substantially enriched with many others, leaving the echo those missing have now left their mark through other formats and media. "Conclusions". Settled research parameters, the painter José del Castillo finally part with the first comprehensive study of his artistic personality that will serve as a starting point for future research to be more specific the important place occupied in various aspects of the history of painting our Enlightenment