[Urology of the XIX century in the life of a famous painter. Federico de Madrazo and his medical, historic, and artistic environment].

The life Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, a prominent figure in the history of Spanish Art, is briefly described, highlighting some biographical information about the painter, his contemporaries (Francisco de Goya, whose 250 th anniversary is being celebrated this year; Juan de Villanueva, the architect who designed the Prado Museum), the famous physicians of his paintings, doctors and urologists who treated him for different ailments, one of which was lithiasis.