Mariano Salvador Maella Pérez (1739 – 1819)

• Was a Spanish painter.
• He is known primarily for his portraits and religious frescoes.
• Maella was born in Valencia.
• His artistic education began with his father, who was also a painter.
• In 1752, at the age of eleven, he moved to Madrid and received lessons from Felipe de Castro.
• This was followed by enrollment at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he attracted the attention of Antonio González Velázquez (whose daughter he would later marry).
• In 1799, he and Francisco Goya were named as primary court painters and he began to work on the restoration of several Royal sites.
• He died, aged 79, in Madrid.
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