- Cronología
- Ca. 1783
- Ubicación
- Bank of Spain, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 210 x 127cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Banco de España
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 26 Aug 2022 / 15 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- P_542
Barcelona 1883, Pau Milá i Fontanals (?); Madrid, 1900 (?), VIII Marquis of Casa Torres, until 1984; acquired by the Banco de España from the heiress of the Marquis of Casa Torres, 1993.
We can say with certainty that Miguel de Múzquiz y Goyeneche (Elbete, Navarre, 1817 - Madrid, 1785), Marquis of Villar de Ladrón and Count of Gausa, knew Goya before 1783, as he had signed the invoices for the cartoons delivered between 1775 and 1779 to the Tapestry Factory, which must have led him to choose him to paint his portrait. On the other hand, the technique and style indicate a date prior to 1783. In those years Goya had received few commissions of this nature, and in later years he demonstrated more skill. The painting's deep green and gold tones and the warm-toned tiles are closely related to Goya's first known official portrait, that of Antonio Veyán y Monteagudo of 1782 ( Museum of Fine Arts, Huesca).
The defined details of the face, with its strong, precise brushstrokes, show a deep, kindly gaze that also reflects a certain melancholy and weariness. The embroidery and buckles emphasise the figure's presence in the luminous space. Some areas, such as the silky sheen of the coat, reveal the skill and speed of his pictorial technique. In this portrait, unlike the more modern portrait by Cabarrús, Goya added elements common to portraits of apparatus, such as the gilt table and the drapery.
A three-quarter copy is known to have belonged to José Lázaro Galdiano until shortly after 1913. It has been in the Ibercaja Goya Museum since 2022.
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Goya 1900Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas ArtesMadrid1900consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900cat. 169
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Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828Museo de ZaragozaZaragoza1996consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano. From October 3th to December 1st 1996
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Bilbao2018cat. 1
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Madrid2021
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MadridLibrería de los Bibliófilos Fernando Fé1898
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p.95, n. 228
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Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828MadridGobierno de Aragón y Electa España1996pp. 90-93
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Goya 1900MadridMinisterio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales e Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español2002t. II, pp. 262-263
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MadridBanco de España2005pp.28-129
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BilbaoFundación bancaria “la Caixa” y Museo Nacional del Prado2018pp. 35-37
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MadridBanco de España2019pp.60-62