On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P07799
- Author
- Madrazo y Kuntz, Federico de (Spanish)
- Title
- The Painter Carlos Luis de Ribera
- Chronology
- 1838
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 92 cm x 73 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 2002
Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fievé,
eldest son of the neoclassical
painter, Juan Antonio de Ribera,
was also a painter and a friend of
Federico de Madrazo, who made this
portrait while both lived in Paris.
It is the result of an agreement
that each would paint the image of
the other, and then send the works
to the annual painting exhibition
at the Academy of Fine Arts of San
Fernando in Madrid.
This is one of the finest of
Federico de Madrazo's early
portraits and it follows a model
that was often used by French
artists such as David, Ingres or
Delaroche. The model's pose, which
Madrazo was to repeat in other
portraits, manages to give the
personage a strongly romantic
character, which is reinforced by
the cape that hides the
armchair.
The memory of the Spanish tradition
is also present and can be seen in
the resolution of the folds with
broad brushstrokes, as well as the
perfect capturing of the model's
spirit. In keeping with this skill
found in the great masters, madrazo
perfectly reflects Ribera's rather
melancholy character.
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