Miguel Jacinto Meléndez (1679-1734)

• Was a Spanish painter/draughtsman.
• He was born in Oviedo.
• He was the older brother of Luis Egidio Meléndez.
• He was born to Francisco Meléndez de Rivera Diaz.
• Meléndez's father, a miniaturist painter from Oviedo, had moved to Madrid with Miguel Jacinto Meléndez in pursuit of artistic instruction.
• Whereas Miguel remained in Madrid to study and became a painter in the court of Philip V of Spain, Francisco left for Italy in 1699 to seek greater artistic exposure.
• Miguel Jacinto Meléndez's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $1,754 USD to $271,543 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
• Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is $271,543 USD for Portrait of Philip V of Spain and His Wife Maria-Luisa-Gabriella of Savoia, sold at Sotheby's Paris in 2014.
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