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| Ferdinand VII (1784–1833), When Prince of Asturias |
Artist:Goya (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux) and Workshop
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:32 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. (83.2 x 66.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of René Fribourg, 1951
Accession Number:51.70
Not on view
The sixteen-year-old Prince of Asturias wears the Spanish Hapsburg Order of the Golden Fleece, the French Bourbon Order of the Holy Spirit and the sash of the Spanish Order of Charles III.
Once viewed as a copy, the picture is now considered the original, full-scale oil sketch for Goya’s famous group portrait of the family of King Charles IV (Prado, Madrid). Like the other surviving studies for that work, attention focused on the head while the bust and costume were left unfinished. Subsequently another artist gave it a finished appearance and painted the oval surround. The picture belonged the sitter’s widow and to the dukes of Montpensier.
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