Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman

c. 1799/1800

Workshop of Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Spanish 18th Century

Painter

Francisco Goya

Related Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This painting shows a man standing upright, his body slightly turned to the right. He has pale skin and curled white hair under a large black hat, and he wears a long brown jacket over a yellow vest with a white ruffled neck and a wide blue-and-white striped sash over his torso. His pants are black, and he wears tall black boots with brown tops. His hands are covered by yellow gloves, and he is holding a tall, thin rifle on the left, its bottom on the ground. Next to him on the right is a white dog with brown spots and large brown ears. The dog is sitting, looking up at the man. The background features an outdoor setting, with a landscape of hazy hills in shades of pale green and blue below a white and gray sky. There is a tall, dark green tree behind the man, and the ground he stands on is brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.6 x 30 cm (18 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1937.1.86

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquesa de Bermejillo del Ray, Madrid. (Trotti et Cie, Paris), who sold a half share to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[1] purchased 17 October 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 28 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] Knoedler stockbook no. 8, p.51, M. Knoedler & Co. records, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (copy NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Goya: The Condesa de Chinchón and Other Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from Spanish and American Private Collections and the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987, unpaginated brochure.

Bibliography

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 89, no. 86, as Carlos IV of Spain as Huntsman by Goya.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 241, repro. 214, as Carlos IV of Spain as Huntsman Goya.

1949

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 48, repro., as Carlos IV of Spain as Huntsman by Goya.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 60, as Carlos IV of Spain as Huntsman by Goya.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 52, repro., as by Goya.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 158, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 401, no. 567, as Carlos IV as Huntsman, by Francisco de Goya.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 182, repro.

1990

  • Brown, Jonathan, and Richard G. Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1990: 33, 36-37, repro. 34.

Wikidata ID

Q20180348

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