Francisco de Goya

Datos Generales
Cronología
1788
Ubicación
Bank of Spain, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
210 x 127 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Banco de España
Ficha: realización/revisión
26 Jan 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
Inventario
P_542
Otros títulos:
Count of Cabarrús
Historia

See Don José de Toro.

The archives of the Banco de San Carlos record that payment for this work was made on 21 April 1788: "4,500 reales de vellón paid to Fran.co Goya for the painting and gilding of the frame of the full body portrait of Mr. Fran.co Cabarrus."

 

Análisis artístico

Cabarrús was born in Bayonne in 1752.

His aptitude for finance ensured that he developed a very good relationship with Jovellanos, Floridablanca and Aranda. He proposed the founding of the Banco de San Carlos, the first Spanish national bank. Cabarrús also created the Royal Company of the Philippines and began construction of the Canal de Cabarrús, which today is known as the Canal de Isabel II. In 1789 he was awarded the title of the Count of Cabarrús. He became Minister of Finance under Joseph Bonaparte, who named him Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Spain. He died in Seville in 1810.

In this painting, the last in the series Goya painted for the Banco de San Carlos, the subject is pictured standing, turned slightly to his right with his arm extended as if he were in the middle of a speech - he was known to be a great orator. His left hand is hidden behind his half-open olive green frock coat. He also wears a matching waistcoat and breeches, white stockings, black shoes with large buckles, and a white wig His rosy, smiling face and wide open eyes communicate great expressiveness.

Exposiciones
  • Pinturas de Goya
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1928
    consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From April to May 1928
  • Goya
    Ministry of Foreing Affairs
    Burdeos
    1951
    organized by the Bordeaux City Hall, consultant editor Gilberte Martin-Méry. From May 16th to June 30th 1951
  • Goya
    Prado National Museum
    Madrid
    1951
    July 1951
  • Goya
    Festival Internacional de Granada, Palacio de Carlos V
    Granada
    1955
    consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari
  • The Century of Rococo
    Europe Council
    Munich
    1958
  • Francisco de Goya. IV Centenario de la capitalidad
    organized by Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Dirección General de Bellas Artes at the Casón del Buen Retiro
    Madrid
    1961
    consultant editor Valentín de Sambricio
  • Goya and his times
    The Royal Academy of Arts
    London
    1963
    cat. 66
  • Goya y la Constitución de 1812
    Museo Municipal de Madrid
    Madrid
    1982
    organized by Madrid Town Hall, consultant editor José Manuel Pita Andrade. From December 1982 to January 1983
  • Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1983
    consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983
  • Goya y el espíritu de la Ilustración
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1988
    from October 6th to December 18th 1988. Exhibited also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18th to March 26th 1989; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, May 9th to July 16th 1989, Madrid curator Manuela B. Mena Marqués, scientific directors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Eleanor A. Sayre
  • Goya. 250 Aniversario
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1996
    consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996
  • Goya: Prophet der Moderne
    Alte Nationalgalerie
    Berlin
    2005
    from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués
  • Goya: The Portraits
    London
    2015
  • Bilbao
    2018
  • Madrid
    2021
  • Goya
    Basle
    2021
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    p. 45, cat. 326
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 95, cat. 228
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 274, cat. 249
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. II, p. 66
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique (comisario)
    Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1983
    pp. 130 y 131 (il.), cat. 9
  • LUNA, Juan J. (Comisario)
    Goya. 250 Aniversario
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1996
    pp. 159 (il.) y 352, cat. 72
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