Attributed to Francisco Bayeu y Subías (Spanish, 1734–1795) After Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1693/99–1765)

FebCorrado Giaquinto was born on February 8, 1703, and died on April 18, 1766.¹

In 1730, Corrado Giaquinto received a commission from King John V of Portugal for an altarpiece for the Basilica of the Palace of Mafra.¹

Corrado Giaquinto married Caterina Silvestri Agate in 1734; she died shortly after childbirth later.¹

MarFrancisco Bayeu y Subías was born on March 9, 1734, and died on August 4, 1795.²

In 1763, Francisco Bayeu y Subías was invited by Anton Raphael Mengs to Madrid to help decorate the Royal Palace.³