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

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

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

You may be interested in

Loading Results