- Cronología
- Ca. 1784 - 1786
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 165 x 126 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 16 Sep 2022 / 15 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D6427
Goya (apocryphal signature, in pen, brown ink; recto, lower left)
98.35T Cristal bleutè teinte et filets mr Boulay (in pen; recto, lower part)
69 (in pencil; reverse, upper left)
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez, Madrid; Paul Lefort, Paris, 1864; Oudart, Paris, 28/29-1-1869, lot 106; Mrs Jay, Frankfurt; Oskar Kobielski, Bromberg (Poland); Sotheby's, New York, 25-1-2006; Museo del Prado, 2006.
See Miguel de Múzquiz y Goyeneche, Count of Gausa
Miguel de Múzquiz, Count of Gausa, was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the government of the monarchy of Charles III. Goya knew the minister as he had signed a number of payment orders for his work for the Tapestry Factory and was an important person for him.
Múzquiz was not very graceful and in this drawing we can already see the moral blows and health problems that were to afflict him in his later years. It is possible to appreciate the passage of age in his tired eyes, with marked dark circles under his eyes, his direct gaze, the frankness of his character, and the sympathy of his kindly gesture.
In addition to the humanity with which Goya depicts him, he also shows his high social status through the sash and cross of the Order of Charles III and the medal of the knight of Santiago. These are depicted with admirable realism and naturalness, despite their size, in which the shine and flexibility of the moiré of the sash are evident, adapting to the folds of his clothing. Finally, her hand delicately holds a folded piece of paper, which hints at her tireless work in the State Administration.
This drawing was used in the preparation of the engraving by Fernando Selma (1752-1810) to illustrate the book by Francisco de Cabarrús, In Praise of His Excellency the Count of Gausa, which Cabarrús himself read before the Royal Society of Friends of the Country in Madrid on 24 December 1785.
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No solo Goya. Adquisiciones para el Gabinete de Dibujos y Estampas del Museo del Prado 1997-2010Museo Nacional del PradoMadrid2011cat. 22
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Madrid2019cat. 16
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ParísHachette Livre Bnf1869p. 106
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MunichKlinkhardt & Biermann1903p. 227
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BarcelonaLabor1925p. 240
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Libros con ilustraciones de GoyaBoletín de la Real Academia de la HistoriaMadrid1946p. 58
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 374
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MadridBanco de España2005pp. 28 y 129
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MadridUniv. Hamburger Kunsthalle2014p. 209
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SantanderFundación Botín y Museo Nacional del Prado2018pp. 448-452
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 73