Manuel Aguirre y Monsalbe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Monsalbe.

James I of Aragon, painting by Manuel Aguirre

Manuel Aguirre y Monsalbe (1822–1856) was a Spanish painter, active during the 19th century in Aragon. He was born in Málaga, and became a pupil of Vicente López y Portaña. In 1846, he became professor at the Academy of San Luis in Zaragoza. He painted a collection of portraits of the Kings of Aragon for the Casino in that city.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 9.