Sebastián Martínez y Pérez (1747–1800)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 5/8 x 26 5/8 in. (93 x 67.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.289
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About this artwork
This oil on canvas, created in 1792, represents significant artistic achievement by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), a Spanish artist. The piece demonstrates the technical capabilities and aesthetic conventions of Spanish art during this historical period. Working in oil on canvas, the artist employed materials and techniques characteristic of the era, creating visual effects that convey both subject matter and artistic vision. Museum collections preserve such works to ensure continued stud...
About the Artist
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Rising from modest provincial origins to become First Court Painter to Charles IV, Goya's career spanned the Enlightenment's optimism and the brutal Napoleonic invasion that shattered it. A mysterious illness in 1793 left him permanently deaf and ...