Leonardo Alenza

His father, Valentín, was a government employee and amateur poet, who succeeded in having some poems published in the Diario de Madrid [es].

[2] He remained attached to the Academy until 1833, when he received a commission from the Ayuntamiento of Madrid to paint an allegorical picture of Isabella becoming Queen at the age of three.

The following year, he created a cenotaph honoring the late King Fernando VII, composed of five panels done in grisaille.

[1] In 1838, he began providing drawings for the Semanario Pintoresco Español [es],[2] published by Ramón de Mesonero Romanos, and exhibited some capriccios at the Academy.

Two years later, he collaborated with the Semanario to produce illustrations for a new edition of the novel Gil Blas and the complete works of Francisco de Quevedo.