page_title: Dióscoro Puebla
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Dióscoro Puebla / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Español: El lienzo representa a Agila I (¿?-554), rey de los visigodos, que reinó entre los años 549 y 554. Sucedió al rey Teudiselo y fue sucedido a su vez por el rey Atanagildo. El rey Agila I está representado de perfil, con armadura, apoyando ambas manos en la espada y en actitud meditabunda. Al fondo, un paisaje con rocas sobre las que, en el ángulo inferior derecho, se apoya el escudo. El lienzo pertenece a la colección del Museo del Prado, aunque se encuentra depositado en el Congreso de los Diputados de España.
context_page_description: Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style who specialized in portraits, genre and history painting.
context_section_description: Puebla was born in Melgar de Fernamental. His first studies took place in the public schools of Carrión de los Condes, where he displayed his talent for drawing. This led to his enrollment at the new "Escuela Municipal de Dibujo de Palencia", which had been created in 1838 and ultimately produced many well-known Spanish artists, including José Casado del Alisal, Eugenio Oliva and Asterio Mañanós Martínez. In 1845, he enrolled at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where he studied with José de Madrazo and Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve.
  After completing his course in Madrid he was able to perfect his art by travelling to Rome, thanks to a competitive grant awarded by the Ministry of Public Works; 12,000 Reales per year for three years, beginning in 1858. While there, he became part of the group of Spanish painters who gathered at the Antico Caffè Greco. The grant was later extended for two years, enabling him to visit other parts of Italy.
caption: Agila I, King of the Visigoths, (1856)
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