Goya, an account of his life and worksCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Goya, an account of his life and works
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828
EL AMOR FILIAL
ELEVA ESTE MONUMENTO
A LA MEMORIA
DE DN MARTIN MIGUEL
DE GOICOECHEA
DEL COMMERCIO DE MADRID
NACIO EN ALSASUA
REYNO DE NAVARRA
EL 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 1755
Y FALLECIO EN BURDEOS
EL 30 DE JUNIO DE 1825
ROGAD Á DIOS POR SU ALMA
HIC JACET
FRANCISCUS A GOYA ET LUCIENTES
HISPANIENSIS PERITISSIMUS PICTOR
MAGNAQUE SUI NOMINIS
CELEBRITATE NOTUS
DECURSO, PROBE, LUMINE VITAE
OBIIT XVI. KALENDAS MARCII
ANNO DOMINI
M.DCCC.XXVIII.
AETATIS SUAE
LXXXV.
R. I. P.
Goya’s remains were removed to Spain at the end of the nineteenth
century. On the afternoon of May 11, 1900, the body was placed in the
San Isidro Cemetery, Madrid, by the side of his old friends Menéndez
Valdés and Leandro Moratin. Already in 1888 the Cortes had voted a sum
of money for the creation of a suitable monument, and a magnificent
cenotaph now marks the resting-place of the last great Spanish painter.
Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh
University Press
CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF GOYA
PORTRAITS
1. King Charles III.
The King is standing in hunting costume, wearing a black three-cornered
hat, ample grey cloak, gaiters, etc. In his right hand a carbine, in his
left, white gloves. At his feet his favourite white dog is lying, with
collar inscribed ‘Rey nuestro señor.’
Background, an arid landscape, with shrubs; mountains beyond. (A copy is
to be found in the Royal Palace, Madrid, and another in the possession
of the Duque de Fernan Nuñez.)
The Prado, Madrid. Doubtful.
2. King Charles III.
The King wears court dress.
Portrait painted in 1787.
The Bank of Spain, Madrid.
3. The Family of King Charles IV.
This important composition includes fourteen full-length figures. The
King standing in the centre; at his right the Queen, holding by the hand
the Infante Don Francisco de Paula. To the right of the Queen, the
Infanta Doña Maria Isabella; the Prince of the Asturias and his wife,
Marie Antoinette; the Infante Don Carlos; the Infanta Maria Josefa,
sister of the King; further on, the artist painting. To the left of the
King, the Infante Don Antonio; Prince Louis of Parma and his wife,
carrying their infant in her arms; and the Infanta Charlotte-Joaquine.
Canvas 2·80 by 3·36.
The Prado, Madrid.
4. Studies for the preceding picture.
(_a_) King Charles IV.
(_b_) Queen Maria Luisa.
(_c_) The Infante Ferdinand.
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