Manuel Aguirre y Monsalbe

Manuel Aguirre y Monsalbe (1822–1856) was a Spanish painter, active during the 19th century in Aragon. He was born in Málaga, and became a pupil of Vicente López y Portaña. In 1846, he became professor at the Academy of San Luis in Zaragoza. He painted a collection of portraits of the Kings of Aragon for the Casino in that city.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Monsalbe.
James I of Aragon, painting by Manuel Aguirre

References
  • Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 9.


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