García Aznar, count of Aragon

1857. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn four of the new rooms at the Real Museo de Pinturas (Royal Museum of Paintings), then under his direction. At the height of the confrontation between the supporters of Isabella II and the Carlists, who denied the sovereign’s right to occupy the throne because she was a woman, the queen assented to the creation and display of a portrait gallery that would represent all the preceding monarchs in chronological order. To fill the gaps of the medieval kings, of whom there were no images in the Royal Collections, portraits were commissioned from a number of young painters.

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Serie Cronológica de los Reyes de España

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Inventory number: P006406
Author: Eduardo Rosales Gallinas
Title: García Aznar, count of Aragon
Date: 1857
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 213 cm; Width: 107 cm
Series: Serie Cronológica de los Reyes de España
Provenance: Royal Collection, 1857
Entry date: 1857

Bibliography +

Espinós, A.; Orihuela, M. y Royo Villanova, M. [et al.], "El Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Asturias. Covadonga. Basílica, Boletín del Museo del Prado, VI, 1985, pp. 116.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (I) La Colección Real, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1990, pp. nº3057.

Gutiérrez Márquez, A., García Aznar, V conde de Aragón (1857), En Barón, J.: El retrato español en el Prado. De Goya a Sorolla, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2007, pp. 152, n. 49.

Díez, José Luis, La pintura isabelina: arte y política, Real Academia de Historia, 2010, pp. 69.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado. Catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 520.

Other inventories +

Inv. Real Museo, Adiciones, 1857-1870. Núm. 3057.
Ser. Rosales / 3057. Retrato de cuerpo entero del rey d. Garcia Aznar, conde de Aragón. / Alto 8 pies; ancho 5 pies

Inscriptions +

3057.
Inscribed in red color. Front, lower left corner

E. ROSALES. / 1857.
Signed and dated. Front, lower right corner

M.N.PRADO / 6406
On metallic tablet. Stretcher

MONTERO DE D. PELAYO
Inscribed with ballpoint. Frame, back, upper bar

En el tapiz sobre el bufete está dibujado el motivo heráldico de un árbol en su color natural. Montado por una cruz latina de color rojo.
Inscribed. Front, left side

Nº 6406
Scrap of paper. Frame, back, lower bar