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335:". Later, and after different procedures, it was approved in 1744 by the Marquis himself, first on May 20 and, definitively, by the King on July 13 with the foundation of said Royal Academy. It was then that the "Preparatory Board" was formed, in which The Marquis of Villarías became the main protector of the company. In this way, he, and the rest of the members of the board, fell on all the responsibilities until the definitive institutional creation of the Academy of Fine Arts by Fernando VI in 1751.
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the first sculptor of the Court. His personal success, as well as his integration into the court environment, made him establish in 1741 a sculpture academy in his house —on the first floor of the palace—, consecrated in a public meeting presided over by his protector
Sebastian De la Cuadra Medrano y Llarena, held in the house of the princess of Robec.
239:, Sebastian was appointed official of the Secretariat of the Office of War and Finance in 1705 and was ascending the ranks until on November 30, 1714 he was appointed sixth official of the same secretariat. Three years later, on May 1, 1717, he was elected fourth officer, on November 21, 1719, second officer. He became in 1719 Mayor of
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Also in 1722, he was granted the patronage of the
Biscayan churches of San Andrés de Gámiz and San Andrés de Pedernales, which further extended his power and his social significance in those territories. On the other hand, he carried out patronage work in his small homeland, diverting a large flow of
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and initiated the procedures for the foundation of the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts. Villarías personally took up a primitive idea in 1726 of the constitution of an Academy, taking as his best collaborator the sculptor Juan Domingo Olivieri. This Genoese was called by this defendant in 1739 to make him
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before the King himself meant that, together with his action in favor of his house, he became patron of those territories, which led him to directly influence his policy. In addition, his ascendancy in the Court and his closeness to the King placed him in a position to patronize, an action that he
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Sebastian in August 1746 - setting out proposed British terms for a peace agreement. The Prime Minister of Spain Villarías told him Spain was ready to agree to the terms. The talks floundered over the future of Naples and finally broke down, although the Spanish remained open to
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Rules that are proposed to the Hon. Mr. Marqués de Villarías so that after two years of practice that seem convenient for now, they can contribute to the formation of laws for the
Academy of Sculpture, Painting and Architecture that is intended to be founded in Madrid under the protection of the
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in 1730 (sig. 2239). in 1723 he reached the rank of senior officer and he had been appointed secretary to the King with the exercise of decrees. On March 3, 1732, he reached the rank of secretary of the
Secretariat of Aragon of the Chamber of Castile and obtained the title of secretary
356:, he obtained different jobs in his community of origin, which he must have completed through a relative. In this way, he was required to occupy positions of the lordship (alderman in 1730 and deputy general in 1740) and from 1722 he enjoyed the provost of the towns of
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Bautista de Somorrostro. Taking advantage of the new plant, he was able to build a chapel next to the gospel dedicated to
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Sebastian had a sister, Francisca de la Cuadra y de Llarena, born also in San Julián de Musques on 13 October 1697. She married Simon de Llano y Musquez on 16 February 1716; they had 8 children. Among their children were:
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Sebastián de la Cuadra was of a quiet and discrete nature. He was very religious and never married. He had a large network to gather all necessary information to serve the King and even more the Queen. The
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town exploiting iron ores and local smelters, having two himself, one working as early as the 15th century. But he remained in Madrid and was represented in Muskiz by his brother
Agustin. He became a Knight of the Military
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He died without issue on 23 April 1766. The 2nd Marquess of Villarías was his brother, Agustín de la Cuadra y de Llarena, (5 November 1679 - married 17 December 1709 to Andresa Manuela de Mollinedo).
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Although Sebastián de la Cuadra had left for the Court as a child, he kept a strong bond with his homeland. His mediating action in different questions and conflicts of the lordship and the
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exercised over young relatives and associates who came from the northern lands, both in the Court and in other areas of the Monarchy. Sebastian placed six of his nephews in the
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and of the Office that he directed and was able to influence the appointment of several of his relatives as dignities of various cathedrals. Despite being in
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From these assemblies, in 1744, Olivieri and the Marquis of Villarías drafted a project for the foundation of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts entitled "
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