On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00719
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- Carlos IV on Horseback
- Chronology
- 1800
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 336 cm x 282 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
An equestrian portrait of the
Spanish monarch wearing the uniform
of a colonel of the Guardia de
Corps, with other insignias, such
as the Sash of the Order of Carlos
III, that of Saint Genaro and the
Golden Fleece. This painting was
made as a pair to the equestrian
portrait of his wife, Queen Maria
Luisa de Parma (1751-1818), which
is also at the Prado Museum
(P720).
The composition reveals Velasquez's
influence on Goya, with the figure
in the foreground, in front of a
landscape. This reference may have
come from the equestrian portraits
painted for the Hall of Kingdoms at
the Buen Retiro palace, of which
Goya made etchings in 1778,
especially, Velasquez's portrait of
Queen margarita of Austria
(P1177).
The present work was registered at
Madrid's Royal Palace in 1814 and
became a part of the Prado Museum
collection in 1819.
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