Francisco de Goya

Miguel de Múzquiz, Count of Gausa

Clasificación
Miguel de Múzquiz, Count of Gausa
Datos Generales
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
Inscripciones

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)

Historia

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.

Análisis artístico

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.

Exposiciones
  • No solo Goya. Adquisiciones para el Gabinete de Dibujos y Estampas del Museo del Prado 1997-2010
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2011
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • LEFORT, Paul
    ParísHachette Livre Bnf
    1869
    p. 106
  • LOGA, Valerian von
    MunichKlinkhardt & Biermann
    1903
    p. 227
  • MAYER, August L.
    BarcelonaLabor
    1925
    p. 240
  • CASTAÑEDA, Vicente
    Libros con ilustraciones de Goya
    Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia
    Madrid
    1946
    p. 58
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 374
  • MEDRANO, José Miguel and GLENDINNING, Nigel
    MadridBanco de España
    2005
    pp. 28 y 129
  • MATILLA, José Manuel
    MadridUniv. Hamburger Kunsthalle
    2014
    p. 209
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B.
    SantanderFundación Botín y Museo Nacional del Prado
    2018
    pp. 448-452
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 73
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