José Curtoys de Anduaga (died in Madrid, 19 April 1891) was the painter´s brother, with whom he worked on various missions. He worked as a diplomat and attained the rank of minister of state in Stockholm. Fluent in several languages, he translated Schiller´s Don Carlos from German. He holds the Legion of Honour around his neck and the grand cross and sash of the Order of Isabella the Catholic on his breast.
G. Navarro, Carlos, A propósito de un lienzo de Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Noticias sobre el marchante Ernest Gambart y su donación de pinturas al Museo del Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXVII, 2009, pp. 85-99.
Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 142-143.
Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 78-C.
Inv. Museo Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 107.
Actas traslado de obras MEAC - Prado, 1971-1973. Núm. 93.
J. A. Curtoys de Anduaga / 1885
Signed and dated.
Front, lower left area
Retrato del Excmo. Sr. D. José Curtoys de / Anduaga pintado por su / hermano Don Joaquin / año de 1885
Handwritten label in black ink.
Back, central area
Inv. MAM. 1954, n. 107 [tachado]
Handwritten label in black ink.
Stretcher, upper bar, at center
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Seal.
Back, lower area
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