Portrait of Félix Colón de Larriátegui

Francisco Goya1794

Details

Title: Portrait of Félix Colón de Larriátegui
Creator Lifespan: 1746 - 1828
Creator Nationality: Spanish
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: 1794
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/6949
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: Goya was the leading portraitist at the court of Carlos IV of Spain. Portraits such as this were thought remarkable by Goya's contemporaries, not only for their accurate likenesses, but for their compelling illusion of life itself. F‚lix Col¢n, a descendant of Christopher Columbus, was an officer of the Royal Infantry Guards and the author of a treatise on military justice. Here he holds a quill pen to indicate his authorship of the volumes behind him. He wears the badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of Santiago, which he entered in 1794, the year this portrait was painted.
measurements: 43 5/8 x 33 1/8 in.
Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

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