Charles III, King of Spain

1788. Taille douce: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Not on display

This portrait is closely based on Charles III in hunting Dress by Francisco de Goya. The monarch, wearing a dress coat, has the same pose as in the painting, leaning forward slightly and with sloping shoulders. The modelling of the face is also the same. The print was published in 1788 in the revised edition of the Bibliotheca hispana vetus (1672) by Nicolás Antonio.

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Inventory number: G002462
Authors: Fernando Selma -Engraver-; Rafael Ximeno y Planes -Drafstman-
Title: Charles III, King of Spain
Date: 1788
Technique: Taille douce: etching and engraving
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Width: 222 mm; Height: 295 mm
Provenance: José María Cervelló Grande
Entry date: 2003

Bibliography +

Biblioteca Nacional (España) Sección de Estampas, Iconografía hispana: catálogo de los retratos de personajes españolas de la Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 1966, pp. nº1711-68.

Fernando Selma.El Grabado al Servicio de la Cultura Ilustrad..., Fundacion la Caixa, Valencia, 1993, pp. nº106.

Calcografía Nacional (España), Calcografia Nacional: Catálogo General, Academia de Bb.Aa. de San Fernando, Madrid, 2004, pp. nº3491.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2687.

Inv. Colección Cervelló. Núm. 178009.

Inscriptions +

F. Selma inc.
Front, lower right corner

R. Ximeno inv.
Front, lower left corner

....habeat Secum servetque sepulcro. / Virg. IV. Æn. 29. [bajo la cartela]
Front, lower area

CAROLO III / HISPANIAR ET INDIAR REGI / PIO FEL AVG P P / REGIA BIBLIOTHECA PALATINO MATRITENSIS / VOTA SAECVLARIA [leyenda, en la cartela figurada]
Front, lower area