The Legacy of Agustín Esteve y Marqués: A Portraitist of the Spanish Soul In the vibrant, shifting landscape of late 18th-century Spain, few artists captured the intersection of aristocratic elegance and psychological depth as masterfully as Agustín Esteve y Marqués. Born in Valencia in 1753, Esteve emerged from a lineage of artistic talent, being the son of an altarpiece painter, which provided him with an early immersion into the sa…