MADRAZO Y KUNT, DON FEDERICO DE (1815 1894), Spanish painter, was born in Rome on the 12th of Febru ary 1815. He was the son of the painter Madrazo y Agudo (1781 1859), and received his first instruction from his father, after wards attending the classes at the Academy of San Fernando. His "Continence of Scipio," secured him admission to the Acad emy as a member "for merit." While decorating the palace of Vista Alegre he took up portraiture. In 1852 he went to Paris, where he studied under Winterhalter and painted portraits of Baron Taylor and of Ingres. In 1837 he carried out special work for the Gallery at Versailles. Then the artist made a lengthy stay in Rome, where he painted many subjects, sacred and profane. His sojourn in Italy was not without influence upon his subsequent work. He received the Legion of Honour in 1846. He was made a corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts on the loth of December 1853, and in 1873, on the death of Schnorr, the painter, he was chosen foreign member. After his father's death
he succeeded him as director of the Prado Gallery and president of the Academy of San Fernando. He originated in Spain the pro duction of art reviews and journals, such as El Artista, El Rena cimiento and El Semanario pintoresco. He died at Madrid on the iith of June His brother, DON LOUIS DE MADRAZO, was also known as a painter, chiefly by his "Burial of Saint Cecilia" (1855). Don Federico's best-known pupil was his son, DON RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO (b. 1841).
His principal works are "Godfrey de Bouillon proclaimed King of Jerusalem," commissioned for Versailles (1837) ; "Maria Christina in the Dress of a Nun by the bedside of Ferdinand III." (1843), "Queen Isabella," "The Duchess of Medina-Coeli," and "The Countess de Vilches" (1845-47), besides a number of portraits of the Spanish aris tocracy, some of which were sent to the exhibition of 1855.