3.2017: Charles IV, King of Spain

Identification and Creation

Object Number

3.2017

People

Attributed to Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux)

Title

Charles IV, King of Spain

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1789-1792

Culture

Spanish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/356355

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

50.8 × 41 cm (20 × 16 1/8 in.)
frame: 60 × 49.2 × 4.4 cm (23 5/8 × 19 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, back of stretcher, top, black ink: 146
• inscription: verso, top of canvas, black ink: Francisco de Goya 1746-1820 / Portrait of Charles IV, King of Spain / from estate of Kermit Roosevelt

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Purchased by Joseph E. and Belle Wyatt Willard, circa 1916, possibly a gift; to Kermit and Belle Willard Roosevelt (1889-1943), circa 1916, possibly by descent; to Belle Roosevelt, possibly sold circa 1955. [Stair Auction House, New York, September 15, 2007, lot 303], sold. [Dealer, London], sold; to Eric Seiler, Edward Friedman, Gary Friedman, Theodore Mirvis, and Nicholas Boyle

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Nicholas Boyle, Edward Friedman, Gary Friedman, Theodore Mirvis, Matthew Rutenberg and Eric Seiler

Object Number

3.2017

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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