Juan de Villanueva is one of the great architects of international prestige during Neoclassicism. His career is linked to the Royal Sites, specifically the Escorial, Aranjuez and Madrid. The author of notable works such as the Astronomical Observatory and the Princes' houses in El Escorial and Aranjuez, his most outstanding work is the building of the Prado Museum.
A friend of Jovellanos and all his liberal clique, he was immortalised by the great Francisco de Goya in a portrait that belongs to the Museum of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.
Written by the greatest connoisseur of the life and work of Juan de Villanueva, this lavishly illustrated book provides the great artistic biography of our greatest neoclassical architect that was needed.