Vicente Palmaroli
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Vicente Palmaroli González (Zarzalejo
Zarzalejo
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, Madrid, 1834 – Madrid
Madrid
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, January 25, 1896) was a Spanish
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 painter
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 dedicated mainly to historical gender.

Life

His father was the Italian
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 lithographer, Gaetano Palmaroli and he studied in San Fernando's Royal Academy
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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. He later went to Rome
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 in 1857 to complete his training, and he lived there until 1866. One year later, he went to the Paris World's Fair of 1867
Exposition Universelle (1867)
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. He met Ernest Meissonier, who influenced his later works.

He was academician in San Fernando's Royal Academy
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando , located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery....

, and director in the Spanish Academy in Rome and Prado Museum (1893–1896).

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