El tío Paquete (c.1819-1820)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El tío Paquete c.1819–1820 Oil on canvas, 39 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The subject of this canvas can be identified from the inscription that was previously on the reverse and which read “El célebre ciego…

Retrato de Fernando VII (c.1814-1815)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII (Portrait of Ferdinand VII) c.1814–1815 Oil on canvas, 84 x 63.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This portrait of Ferdinand VII entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1935 and appeared in its catalogues from 1937.…

Fernando VII (España)

(1784–1833) “El Deseado”, “El rey Felón” King of Spain (1808) King of Spain (1813–1833) Fernando VII in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La familia de Carlos IV 1800 Museo del Prado, Madrid     Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII c.1814–1815…

Retrato de Asensio Julià (c.1798)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Asensio Julià (Portrait of Asensio Julià) c.1798 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 41 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The inscription in the bottom left corner of the painting reads: Goya to his friend Asensi. This dedication and…

Asensio Julià (1814)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Asensio Julià (Portrait of Asensio Julià, painter and disciple of Goya) 1814 Oil on canvas, 73 x 57.8 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Julià, Asensio (1753-1832)

Asensio Julià

(1753–1832) Asensio Julià i Alvarracín, nicknamed El Pescadoret The artist’s works: Escena de una comedia c.1798 Museo del Prado, Madrid Asensio Julià in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Asensio Julià c.1798 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828)…

The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters 1885 Lithograph on paper, 26.5 x 32.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The series on the Potato Eaters, executed in Nuenen in spring 1885, is one of the most significant of Vincent van Gogh’s first…