Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta was the son of renowned artist Federico de Madrazo and the brother of painter Raimundo and of Cecilia, who married Mariano Fortuny. The latter advised him concerning his painting, which he began to learn under the iron hand of his father. His career was more modest than those of other members of this dynasty of artists, founded by José de Madrazo, several of whose works are in the Banco de España Collection. He was an honest, unpretentious portrait artist, as shown by his painting of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, painted ten years before his portrait of Manuel Allendesalazar (1906).
Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta was the son of renowned artist Federico de Madrazo and the brother of painter Raimundo and of Cecilia, who married Mariano Fortuny. The latter advised him concerning his painting, which he began to learn under the iron hand of his father. His career was more modest than those of other members of this dynasty of artists, founded by José de Madrazo, several of whose works are in the Banco de España Collection. He was an honest, unpretentious portrait artist, as shown by his painting of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, painted ten years before his portrait of Manuel Allendesalazar (1906).