Francisco de Goya

Eugenio Guzmán de Palafox y Portocarrero, Count of Teba (Eugenio Guzmán de Palafox y Portocarrero, conde de Teba)

Eugenio Guzmán de Palafox y Portocarrero, Count of Teba (Eugenio Guzmán de Palafox y Portocarrero, conde de Teba)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1804
Ubicación
The Frick Collection. New York, New York, United States
Dimensiones
63 x 48 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
The Frick Collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
15 Mar 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
Inventario
(1914.1.64)
Otros títulos:
The Count of Teba (El conde de Teba)
Historia

This work came from the collections of José Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, and Eric Galleries, New York.

Análisis artístico

Eugenio Guzmán de Palafox y Portocarrero was the son of the Count and Countess of Montijo and the brother of the Marchioness of Lazán and Marchioness of Villafranca, also painted by Goya. During the Spanish War of Independence he stood out as a great patriot in the fight against Napoleon. He was a cultured man, named academician of honour and of merit of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

In this half-length portrait, he appears before a very dark background, which makes his pale face stand out, whilst his jacket could be confused with the background if not for the gold details that adorn it. As in other portraits, Goya has strived to bring out the qualities of the sitter. Referring to this piece, Gudiol points out that the subject is depicted with extremely precise touches, both in the quality of the flesh tones and in the reflections of the light, which possess a strange kind of transparency.

Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 198, cat. 812
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 337, cat. 535
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 158
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