Vicente López Portaña
(1772 - 1850)
Vicente López Portaña, OIC was a Spanish painter, considered one of the best portrait painters of his time. In 1826, López painted a portrait of Francisco Goya when the famous master visited the court from Bordeaux, where the Aragonese painter was then living. Goya was then 80 and would die two years later. It was said that Goya got bored posing for his colleague who was very meticulous and a stickler for detail, and that for this reason the portrait is inferior to others by López. However, for this precise reason, and because of the strong personality of the model this is one of López's most lively and best-known works.
(1772 - 1850)
Vicente López Portaña, OIC was a Spanish painter, considered one of the best portrait painters of his time. In 1826, López painted a portrait of Francisco Goya when the famous master visited the court from Bordeaux, where the Aragonese painter was then living. Goya was then 80 and would die two years later. It was said that Goya got bored posing for his colleague who was very meticulous and a stickler for detail, and that for this reason the portrait is inferior to others by López. However, for this precise reason, and because of the strong personality of the model this is one of López's most lively and best-known works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_López_Portaña
Portrait of Francisco de Goya
1826
Oil on canvas
100 x 78 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/wd/d24dba94-d730-44c5-8b46-1f1732d2b571
1826
Oil on canvas
100 x 78 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/wd/d24dba94-d730-44c5-8b46-1f1732d2b571
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