Francisco de Goya

Evaristo Pérez de Castro

Evaristo Pérez de Castro
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1804 - 1808
Ubicación
Musée du Louvre, París, France
Dimensiones
99 x 68 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Musée du Louvre
Ficha: realización/revisión
16 Mar 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
Inventario
(1476)
Otros títulos:
Portrait of a Man (Retrato de un hombre)
Historia

This work came from the collection of Don Manuel Soler y Alarcón, Madrid, and Durand Ruel, of Paris. It was acquired by the Louvre in 1902.

Análisis artístico

The identity of the man depicted in this portrait is uncertain, although it has been supposed that it is of Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Colomera (Valladolid, 1769-1848), an attaché in the embassies of Berlin, Lisbon and Vienna. He was elected representative for Valladolid and was the first secretary of the courts.

He seems to have been a keen draughtsman, as this slightly more than half-length portrait shows him leaning on a table covered with drawings that he appears to have just finished, looking serenely out at the viewer. In his right hand he has an artist's charcoal holder. He is wearing an elegant grey tailcoat with a wide lapel, underneath which we can see the white shirt that goes up to his chin and which provides a cheerful brightness to the composition. The light is entering from the top-left corner of the painting, lighting up the sitter's face and half of his body.

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
  • Pinturas de Goya
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1928
    consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928
  • Trésors de la peinture espagnole, Eglises et Musées de France
    Palais du Louvre and Musée des Arts Décoratifs
    París
    1963
    from January to April 1963
  • Goya
    Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
    The Hauge
    1970
    organized by Ministerio de Estado y Asuntos Culturales and Réunion des Musées Nationaux, July 4th to September 13th 1970. Exhibited also at the Musée de l’Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, October 25th to December 7th 1970, consultant editors Jeannine Baticle and A. B. de Vries
  • Francisco de Goya: Maleri, Tegning, Grafikk
    Nasjonalgalleriet
    Oslo
    1996
    from 10th to April 14th 1996
  • Goya: The Portraits
    London
    2015
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    p. 158, cat. 445
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 198, cat. 815
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 336, cat. 530
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 138
  • BRAY, Xavier
    LondonNational Gallery Company
    2015
    pp. 146-147
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