
Jacopo AmigoniItalian, 1682–1752May one see it?
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1747–1752
Decorates the palaces of Aranjuez and La Granja
For the last five years of his life he decorated the royal palaces of Aranjuez and La Granja. Besides portraits and mythological and biblical pictures, he produced cartoons for the tapestry manufactory.
1750
Declares his age in Spain
He declared in Spain that he was born in Naples and was sixty-eight years old; this information, which came to light in 1933–1934, replaced the earlier assumed birth year of 1675, though it too is open to doubt.
1752
First director of the Academy of San Fernando
He was appointed the first director of the Royal Academy of San Fernando, founded in 1752.
21 August 1752
Died