ARTWORK:
“Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene”, c.1795 by Vicente López y Portaña (1772–1850). Spanish painter. Getty Centre, Los Angeles, CA.
Vicente López Portaña, (September 19, 1772 – July 22, 1850) was a Spanish painter, considered one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Vicente López was a Neo-classicist painter but he retained certain traces of the Rococo style. He had the Neo-classical emphasis on masterly drawing, though with less rigidity. López is considered the best Spanish painter of his time, second only to Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.
