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- Reference number
- P00737
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- Carlos III in Hunting Costume
- Chronology
- Ca. 1788
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 207 cm x 126 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
A portrait of King Carlos III
(1716-1788) shortly before his
death. The composition, which shows
the Monarch dressed for hunting in
the mountains outside Madrid,
recalls Diego Velasquez's different
portraits of King Felipe IV and the
infantes in hunting garb, which are
also in the Prado Museum. Goya made
etchings of those works in
1788.
This painting is a copy of the
original in the collection of the
Duchess of Fernán Núñez. Other
copies of lesser quality are also
known, including those in the
Argentaria Collection (Madrid), at
the Madrid City Hall, and in the
collection of Lord Margadale
(United Kingdom).
This work entered the Prado Museum
collection in 1847.
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