Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez (1723 - 1794)

• Was a Spanish painter.
• Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists.
• His father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Alejandro and Luis were all painters.
• He received a scholarship to travel to Rome in 1747 from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
• He was studying under Corrado Giaquinto.
• In 1752 he returned to Spain and a year later helped to paint the walls of the church of the Monastery of the Incarnation of Madrid.
• His reputation grew to the point of being appointed court painter in 1757, in which he participated in the decoration of the Royal Palace of Madrid.
• In 1765, Velázquez was promoted to the position of director of the Academy of San Fernando. 
• He worked the rest of his life along with Francisco Bayeu y Subías and other painters in developing cartons for the Royal Tapestry Factory under the direction of Anton Raphael Mengs.

• His son Zacarías González Velázquez also become a painter.

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