Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 120 × 87 cm · framed: 136.8 × 105.1 × 7.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1943.90
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
maleLatine and Hispanic Artists
About this artwork
This portrait both testifies to Goya’s friendship with Cuervo and presents the sitter as a cutting-edge intellectual. Director of the Royal Academy of San Fernando, the official academy for artists and architects in Spain, Cuervo appears with his plan for the recent renovation of Madrid’s Church of Santiago. The jacket with red and gold brocade identifies him as a member of the academy.