Brief Biography-Antonio González Velázquez, born in Madrid, was the third son of Pablo Velazquez Gonzalez, the sculptor. He studied in Rome under Corrado Giaquintoon a scholarship from Madrid. The painting of the Anointing of King David and a fresco in the Trinitarian friars of Castile Abbey gained Velázquez high standing. On returning to Spain, he painted murals in the Zaragoza Cathedral and many churches in Madrid. In 1765 he became Director of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and worked as a court painter at the Royal Palace of Madrid and painted Charles III among his many portraits. In his later years, he worked with Francisco Bayeu y Subias and Anton Raphael Mengs in the Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara. He painted primarily religious, mythological, and historical subjects. Two of his sons were also artists.