Vicente Palmaroli y González was the son of the painter and lithographer Cayetano Palmaroli, who introduced Vicente to painting. The latter would then go on to be taught by Federico de Madrazo. Palmaroli studied at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts and became a member of its Academy in 1872. In 1882 he was appointed director of the Spanish Academy in Rome, where he had spent long periods, as indeed he had in Naples and Florence. In 1895, he became director of the Prado Museum. He was made a Commander of the Order of Merit of Charles II and of Isabella I of Castile, and was awarded the Cross of the French Legion of Honour. He successfully pursued all genres, particularly the tableautin in the style of Mariano Fortuny, whom he equalled on occasion. As a painter of historical scenes, his The Third of May 1808 - a theme that had met with mixed reactions in Goya’s two great paintings - was acclaimed. It served Palmaroli to showcase his talent in 1871 with a relatively contained pathos. He also produced religious painting, such as the Sacra conversazione led by Saint Ildephonsus, which he painted in Rome in 1862 in homage to Isabella II of Spain and her husband. Palmaroli was awarded the Second Place Medal at the 1862 National Exhibition (National Heritage) for the painting.

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After graduating in Law from Madrid University, Santos de Isasa y Valseca opened his own law firm and became highly regarded as a lawyer. In 1857 he was appointed a senior professor at the School of Diplomacy, where he lectured on the History of Spanish Institutions in the Middle Ages. In 1864, he returned to the Administration as the Third Head of the Corps of Archivists and Antiquarians of the Ministry of Development, and was promoted to First Head in 1875. He continued with his political career in tandem during that time.

Isasa y Valseca was a member of the Conservative Party and held his first political post as Civil Governor of Cadiz in 1863.He was a member of parliament for Cordoba and Montoro in nearly every parliamentary term from 1865 to 1895. In 1896 he was elected as the senator for Cordoba and was then a senator in his own right from 1898 to his death in 1907. In 1880 he was appointed Minister for Development by Cánovas del Castillo in what was his greatest political achievement. He held the post until November 1891. During his term in office, he created the Clínico Hospital and attached it to the Madrid Faculty of Medicine.

Isasa y Valseca was appointed as public prosecutor at the Supreme Court in 1884 and served as its President in 1895. He was Governor of the Banco de España twice, from April to December 1892 and from April to September 1895. In April 1895 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Science and was a professor there.

He was a member and Chairman of the General Codification Committee, Director of the School of Diplomacy, member of the Governing Board of the Madrid Law Society and member of the board of the Compañia de Caminos de Hierro del Norte.

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