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- Reference number
- P00864
- Author
- López Portaña, Vicente (Spanish)
- Title
- The Painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
- Chronology
- 1826
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 95,5 cm x 80,5 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
In front of a green background, the
painter Francisco de Goya y
Lucientes (1746-1828) sits in an
armchair holding the palette and
brushes of his profession. López's
dedication to Goya is on an easel
to the left.
This is one of the high points of
Vicente López's career and is also
one of the best-known portraits of
Goya. According to some authors, it
is even more widely known than his
own self-portraits.
The vivacity of this work is
partially a result of the free,
unpolished brushstrokes used by the
artist here. They are quite
different than what he usually
employed in his commissioned
portraits.
Goya was already eighty years old
when this portrait was painted, but
the strength of his gaze is
striking and contrasts with his
academic and conventional
pose.
A possible preparatory sketch for
this painting is in the collection
of the Museum of Decorative Arts in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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