Francisco de Goya

Judge Altamirano (El juez Altamirano)

Judge Altamirano (El juez Altamirano)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1796
Ubicación
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Dimensiones
84.2 x 62.9 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal
Ficha: realización/revisión
21 Feb 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
Inventario
(1905.61)
Otros títulos:
Carlos López Altamirano
Inscripciones

Goya a su Amigo Altamirano Oidor / de Sevilla ("[From] Goya to his friend Altamirano, Judge of Seville", bottom of canvas).

Historia

This work was acquired by John W. Tempest and entered the museum's collection in 1905.

Análisis artístico

Carlos López Altamirano, one of the ilustrado friends of Goya and Jovellanos, was rector of the University of Salamanca (1779-1782), magistrate and judge of the Royal Court of Seville.

This portrait of him is especially sober, but is not at all lacking in directness and expressiveness. The subject is shown in front of a neutral, dark background, half length and turning slightly to the side. He is wearing a black jacket fastened with three buttons and a white neck tie. Of particular interest is the sash that pokes out from underneath the jacket, and which is meticulously decorated with some unusual needlework. On his less than attractive face, his large, sad eyes stand out, along with his prominent nose, large mouth and thinning hair.

He is presented enclosed inside an oval, as occurs in several other portraits by Goya, including that of Ramón de Posada y Soto (1794), Jovellanos' brother-in-law, or that of his friend Martín Zapater (1797).

Altamirano may have posed for Goya during the painter's second stay in Andalucía (from the summer of 1796 to the spring 1797).

Exposiciones
  • Goya 1900
    Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas Artes
    Madrid
    1900
    consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900
  • Masterpieces from Montreal: selected paintings from the collection of The Montreal Museum of Fine
    Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
    Montreal
    1966
    from October 1st 1966 to April 30th 1967
  • Goya. La década de Los Caprichos
    Madrid
    1992
    organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993
  • Jovellanos, Ministro de Gracia y Justicia
    Centro Cultural de Gijón
    Gijón
    1998
Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 188, cat.667
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, pp. 305 y 306, cat. 403
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