Agustín Esteve
Agustín Esteve y Marqués (May 12, 1753 – 1830) was a Spanish painter, mainly active in the Royal household in Madrid.
Agustín Esteve was a portraitist to the Spanish Crown, who was influenced by Francisco Goya, including numerous copies of portraits by the great master.
In 1778, Esteve failed to win the first prize at the Academia de San Fernando for painting.
Like Goya, Esteve became established when the neoclassicism of Anton Raphael Mengs was still dominant in Madrid.
He was paid a salary of 6,000 reals compared to the 15,000 that most other painters received, or the 65,000 of Francisco Goya.
self-portrait (c.1815)
