Manuel Godoy
1804
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
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Agustín Esteve
Agustín Esteve (1753–1830) was a Spanish artist, born in Valencia.
See the richer artist page1804
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
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Manuel Godoy is a 1804 oil by Agustín Esteve, a Romanticism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows Manuel Godoy, a man in formal attire. He's dressed in a fancy uniform with many medals. The details in his uniform and the background are interesting, like the way the light reflects on his medals. The artist paid close attention to the folds in Godoy's clothes and the expression on his face. This suggests the artist wanted to portray Godoy as a serious and important person. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of chiaroscuro.
Masonic lodge, Burlington, Vermont, possibly from the early nineteenth century [acc. to Soria 1957]. Joseph Winterbotham, Jr. (died 1954), Burlington, Vermont, by 1945 [according to letter of November 26, 1945, from Daniel Catton Rich to Joseph Winterbotham in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1954.
Martin Soria, Agustin Esteve y Goya (Valencia, 1957), pp. 126–27, no. 112, figs. 75–76. Isadora Rose, “‘La celebrada caída de nuestros colores’: Destrucciónes espontáneas de retratos de Manuel Godoy por el poulacho,” Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando 47 (1978), p. 211, fig. 8.
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Agustín Esteve (1753–1830) was a Spanish artist, born in Valencia.
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