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Miguel Posadas

Spanish painter (1711-1753)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6430600 ↗
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Miguel Posadas (1711–1753) was a Spanish painter. He was born in Aragon and became a Dominican friar living in Valencia, where he painted historical scenes.

References

Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 312.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1711, 1753, 1889—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1711-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Miguel, Posadas and Spanish can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6430600. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1711, 1753 and 1889.

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This entry incorporates text from “Miguel Posadas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.