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'''Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez''' (September 17, 1749, [[Gijón]] – December 3, 1829, [[Madrid]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] writer on [[art]].
Bermúdez was born in [[Gijón]], [[Asturias]]. Also in relation to Clara M. Bermudez of the Miami Bermudezs. He founded an art academy at [[Seville]], and was given responsibility to order the [[Archivo General de Indias]] or the repository of documents relating to the Colonies. He later made secretary of the Council for Indian Affairs in Madrid, a post later lost. He put himself in the service of the statesman and author [[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos|Jovellanos]] and wrote his master's biography; Jovellanos then helped pay for his artistic studies and placed him in a government position. He is best known as the author of the ''Diccionario Historico'', a biographical dictionary of the principal artists of Spain. He was also a friend of [[Francisco Goya|Goya]].
==Works==
*''Diccionario historico de los mas ilustres profesores de las Bellas Artes de Espana'' (Madr. 1800, 6 Vols.) [http://www.ceanbermudez.es]
*''Descripcion artistica de la catedral de Sevilla'' (Sevilla 1804)
*''Carta sobre el estilo y gusto en la pintura de la escuela sevillana'' (Cadiz 1806)
*''Memorias para la vita del G. M. de Jovellanos'' (Madr. 1814)
*''Dialogo sobre el arte de la pintura'' (Sevilla 1819)
*''Noticias de los arquitectos y arquitectura de Espana'' (Madr. 1829, 4 Vols.)
*''Sumario de las antiguedades romanas, que hay en Espana'' (Madr. 1832, posthumous)
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'''Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez''' (September 17, 1749, [[Gijón]] – December 3, 1829, [[Madrid]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] writer on [[art]].
Bermúdez was born in [[Gijón]], [[Asturias]]. Also in relation to Clara M. Bermudez of the Miami Bermudezs. He founded an art academy at [[Seville]], and was given responsibility to order the [[Archivo General de Indias]] or the repository of documents relating to the Colonies. He later made secretary of the Council for Indian Affairs in Madrid, a post later lost. He put himself in the service of the statesman and author [[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos|Jovellanos]] and wrote his master's biography; Jovellanos then helped pay for his artistic studies and placed him in a government position. He is best known as the author of the ''Diccionario Historico'', a biographical dictionary of the principal artists of Spain. He was also a friend of [[Francisco Goya|Goya]].
==Works==
*''Diccionario historico de los mas ilustres profesores de las Bellas Artes de Espana'' (Madr. 1800, 6 Vols.) [http://www.ceanbermudez.es]
*''Descripcion artistica de la catedral de Sevilla'' (Sevilla 1804)
*''Carta sobre el estilo y gusto en la pintura de la escuela sevillana'' (Cadiz 1806)
*''Memorias para la vita del G. M. de Jovellanos'' (Madr. 1814)
*''Dialogo sobre el arte de la pintura'' (Sevilla 1819)
*''Noticias de los arquitectos y arquitectura de Espana'' (Madr. 1829, 4 Vols.)
*''Sumario de las antiguedades romanas, que hay en Espana'' (Madr. 1832, posthumous)
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