Francisco de Goya

The Infant Charles of Austria

Clasificación
The Infant Charles of Austria
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1778 - 1779
Ubicación
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Dimensiones
274 x 172 mm
Técnica y soporte
Watercolor on ivory
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Ficha: realización/revisión
07 Jul 2021 / 26 Apr 2023
Inventario
-
Inscripciones

Velazquez. [in pen, lower left].

Goya. [in pen, lower right].

Historia

See Philip III.

Análisis artístico

This drawing of Goya, framed by a fine line is sanguine, shows the standing figure of Infant Charles of Austria (1607-1632), brother of the Spanish King Philip IV, against a neutral background. The original painting, now in the Prado National Museum was painted by Diego Velázquez around 1626-1627. The prince wears a dark suit and short cloak. The only ornaments he wears are the chain and the cord with the Golden Fleece.

Goya faithfully imitated Velazquez´s painting, capturing in the drawing the gradations of light and the shadows of the ground that appear in the original oil painting, as well as the details of the chain, the Fleece and the clothing. 

Unlike the drawing The Water carrier of Seville, this one has no evidence of engraving an no known proof of state. It is one of what Gassier-Wilson called additional drawings: five drawings copied from works by Velazquez to be engraved but for which no proof of state is known. All of them are in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, along with others from the series that were engraved. Apart from the present one, these drawings are: The Water Carrier of Seville; Philip IV, Hunter; Prince Balthasar Charles, Hunter; and The Boy of Vallecas.

Exposiciones
  • Hamburg
    1966
  • Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)
    Hamburger Kunsthalle
    Hamburg
    1980
  • Velázquez en blanco y negro
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2000
    Curator: José Manuel Matilla
Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 48-50 y 88, cat. 116
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    p. 69 (il.), cat. 35
  • MATILLA, José Manuel (comisario)
    Velázquez en blanco y negro
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2000
    p. 227
  • VEGA, Jesusa
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2000
    pp. 25-74, espec. pp. 43, 57 y 61
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B.
    SantanderFundación Botín y Museo Nacional del Prado
    2018
    pp. 441-443
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