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Carlos III, cazador, (Charles III in Hunting Dress), 1786

King Charles III (1716–1788) was a benevolent monarch who tried to introduce the ideals and reforms of the ...

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María Josefa de la Soledad Alonso Pimentel y Téllez-Girón, condesa-duquesa de Benavente, duquesa de Osuna, 1785

The enlightened Duchess of Osuna (1752–1834) came from one of the most important families of Spain’s ...

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Autorretrato ante su caballete, (Self-Portrait before an Easel), 1790–95

Appointed court painter in 1789, the artist poses festively dressed in his light-filled studio with his ...

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Retrato, »a su Amigo Asensi«, (Portrait Dedicated ‘To His Friend Asensi’), c. 1798

The portrait subject is believed to be the Valencia-trained painter Asensio Juliá (1760–1832), who assisted ...

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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, 1798

The lawyer, political writer, and poet Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811) was a close friend of Goya’s ...

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Carlos IV., 1789

The portrait of King Charles IV (1748–1819) was created on the occasion of his coronation in 1789. The son of ...

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Francisco de Paula Antonio de Borbón y Borbón-Parma, infante de España, 1800

The infante Francisco de Paula (1794–1865) was the youngest son of King Charles IV and Queen María Luisa de ...

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La reina María Luisa con tontillo, (Queen María Luisa in a Dress with Hooped Skirt), 1789

María Luisa de Parma (1751–1819) was the wife of King Charles IV and the mother of 14 infantes, including the ...

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Martín Zapater, 1797

The successful merchant, banker, large landowner and politician in Zaragoza Martín Zapater (1747–1803), was ...

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Juan Antonio Meléndez Valdés, 1797

The celebrated poet Juan Antonio Meléndez Valdés (1754–1817) was also a lawyer committed to Enlightenment ...

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Antonia Zárate y Aguirre, c. 1810

Wearing a fashionable Empire dress, Antonia Zárate (1775–1811) was a well-known actress who belonged to the ...

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María Tomasa de Palafox y Portocarrero, marquesa de Villafranca, pintando a su marido, 1804

For the Machioness of Villafranca (1780–1835), a lady from a high-ranking Aragonese noble family, painting ...

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María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, XIII duquesa de Alba, 1795

The Duchess of Alba (1762–1802), who held 15 further titles of nobility, was the sole heir to Spain’s ...

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María Amalia de Aguirre y Acedo, marquesa de Montehermoso, 1810

Goya depicted the young aristocrat (1801–1876) aged nearly ten. She was the daughter of the Marquess de ...

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Manuel Godoy, príncipe de la Paz, (Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace), 1801

Manuel Godoy (1767–1851), who came from the lower nobility, was first secretary of state for four years ...

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María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga, c.1800

María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga (1783–1848) was a niece of King Charles III. Goya had already depicted the ...

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General Nicolas Philippe Guye, 1810

The portrait of the highly decorated General Nicolas Philippe Guye (1773–1845) was painted during the French ...

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Pantaleón Pérez de Nenín, 1808

The tall 32-year-old adjutant captain (b. 1779) came from a wealthy Basque merchant family. He served in ...

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Autorretrato (Self-Portrait), 1815

This self-portrait was painted a year after the end of the Spanish War of Independence. The 69-year-old ...

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Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo, 1820

In Goya’s later Madrid period, the architect and director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando ...

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Autorretrato con el doctor Arrieta (Self-Portrait with Doctor Arrieta), 1820

Eugenio García Arrieta (b. 1770–after 1820), a physician practicing in Madrid, treated the seriously ill ...

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Fernando VII con manto real, (Ferdinand VII in the Royal Cloak), 1814/15,

Ferdinand VII (1784–1833) was the oldest son of King Charles IV and reinstated as king (r. 1808, 1813–33) ...

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Fray Juan Fernández de Rojas (Brother J. F. de Rojas), 1815

A close friend of Goya’s, the Augustinian friar Juan Fernández de Rojas (1750–1819) was a professor of ...

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Retrato del impresor Cyprien Gaulon, (Portrait of the Printer Cyprien Gaulon), 1824/25

In the workshop of the lithographer Cyprien Gaulon (1777–1858) in Bordeaux, Goya created the bullfighting ...

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Retrato del poeta Moratín, (Portrait of the Poet Moratín), 1824

Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828) was one of the most prominent Spanish playwrights, poets and ...

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Mariano Goya, 1827

Mariano Goya (1806–1874) was the son of Gumersinda Goicoechea and Javier Goya, the artist’s sole surviving ...

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