Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828
Title: El Conde del Tajo
Date: c.1800
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
61 x 51 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1908
Object Number: NGI.600
Exhibition HistorySpanish Art, Grafton Gallery, Dublin, 1911
18th-Century Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Winter 1954-1955
Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, 1963-1964, no.75
Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October - December 1964 , no.169
Master European Paintings from the National Gallery of Ireland, Art Institute of Chicago, 6 June 1992 - 9 August 1992; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 19 Septembre 1992 - 6 Decembre 1992; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 13 January 1993 - 28 March 1993; IBM Gallery, New York, 27 April 1993 - 26 June 1993, no.15
18th-Century Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Winter 1954-1955
Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, 1963-1964, no.75
Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October - December 1964 , no.169
Master European Paintings from the National Gallery of Ireland, Art Institute of Chicago, 6 June 1992 - 9 August 1992; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 19 Septembre 1992 - 6 Decembre 1992; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 13 January 1993 - 28 March 1993; IBM Gallery, New York, 27 April 1993 - 26 June 1993, no.15
Label TextBoth the identity of the sitter and the attribution to Goya remain problematic. The painting was acquired with the present name, however there is no such title as ‘Count of Tajo’. There were over half a million Spaniards with a title at this period, so the sitter may well have invented it. The modelling of the face and dryness of treatment lack the subtlety expected from Goya. There is, however, a directness and immediacy found in his work. The style of his coat dates from around 1800.