Fernando Brambila, painter of the Royal Sites

This exhibition, the first to bring together such a sizeable group of paintings by Fernando Brambila (Cassano d’Adda, 1763-Madrid, 1834), draws attention to the significance of this painter, who specialised in perspectives, landscapes and urban views.
His work focused on the production of topographical views, and throughout his career Brambila executed drawings and paintings that were then reproduced as prints. The artist’s most important work is the series of views of the Royal Sites, executed in oil on canvas from 1821 to 1833 as a commission from Ferdinand VII, intended for display in private rooms in the various royal palaces. Brambila contributed to forging an image of the Royal Sites that has remained in the collective memory thanks to its dissemination through the Collection of Views of the Royal Sites published by the Real Establecimiento Litográfico.