Rafael Ximeno y Planes (1759—1807 or 1825) was a Spanish painter and draughtsman born in Valencia and deceased in Mexico (by then a colony of New Spain). He was the son of a silversmith and first learned the painter's profession from his maternal uncle Luis Planes. Later he studied at the Real Academia de San Fernando in Madrid thanks to a scholarship. He also studied in Rome in 1783. In 1786 he was appointed vice-director (teniente director) of the Real Academia de San Carlos of Valencia, and in 1793 he moved to Mexico City as the vice-director of the School of Fine Arts.
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1759
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1825 (aged 65)
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