Alejandro Elizalde García

Alejandro Elizalde García obtained his Bachelor’s degree in “Historia del Arte” from the Universidad de Salamanca in 2018, which included an Erasmus Scholarship at the Università di Bologna and a Séneca Scholarship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He earned a Master’s degree in “Estudios Avanzados en Historia del Arte Español” from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2019 and a Master’s degree in “Historia del Arte en la Edad Moderna” from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2022, supported by a research promotion grant for master’s studies (“Ayudas al Fomento de la Investigación”). Since then, he has been a PhD candidate in “Storia dell’Arte” at La Sapienza. Università di Roma –cotutelle agreement with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid–, under the direction of Andrea Bacchi, Francesco Freddolini, and Juan Luis González. His research focuses on the presence, impact, and circulation of Italian sculpture in the courts of Charles II and Philip V of Spain (1665-1746). Some of the results of his research have been published in prestigious journals such as Goya and Bollettino d’Arte and presented at numerous international conferences, including the Museo Nacional del Prado’s “Programa Joven 2024”. During his Eva Schler Fellowship, Alejandro will investigate the diplomatic relations between Cosimo III and the Spanish monarchy in the field of sculpture.