Antonio Ponz
Spanish painter (1725–1792) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ponz and the second or maternal family name is Piquer.
Antonio Ponz Piquer (1725 – 4 December 1792)[1] was a Spanish painter.
He was born at Bejís in the province of Castellón. He was a pupil of Antonio Richarte at Valencia, then in 1746 moved to Madrid, where he studied for five years. He then went to Rome for a short time, but soon returned to help in repainting and compilation of the artworks at El Escorial. In 1771 he made a journey through Spain. In 1776 he was appointed secretary of the Royal Academy of San Fernando. He was a member of many of the art academies in the Peninsula. He wrote Comentarios de la Pintura and several other works.