Leonardo Alenza

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Leonardo Alenza (1807-1845) was a Spanish painter and engraver. He was born ub Madrid. He studied art under Juan Rivera and José de Madrazo, and became a good portrait painter, but was more especially famous for his pictures of lower classes at play and work. He became a member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando of Madrid in 1842.

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• Bryan, Michael (1886). in Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I:, A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 17.