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 Portrait of the Cardinal Infante Don Luis Antonio de Borbón (Retrato del Cardenal Infante Don Luis Antonio de Borbón), 1742 Oil on canvas (óleo sobre lienzo). Gift of Colonel C. Michael Paul and The Paul Foundation, New York, 70.10 Antonio Gonzalez Ruiz studied with the painter Miguel Angel Houasse (1680-1730) in Madrid before traveling to Rome, Naples and Paris to further his artistic studies. Gonzalez Ruiz was appointed painter to the King , and in 1769 he became director of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. This monumental portrait represents Don Luis de Borbón (1727–1785), son of the Spanish Bourbon king, Philip V, and his wife, Isabella Farnese. Destined for the Church from an early age, Don Luis was made Cardinal-Archbishop of Toledo at the age of eight and Archbishop of Seville only six years afterward. Although the young prince’s ecclesiastical career was soon ended by his penchant for more worldly pursuits, he later would establish himself as a significant patron of the arts and was one of the first to commission portraits from the young Francisco Goya. This image provides a fine example of the Spanish Bourbon court’s taste for art influenced by French models. Antonio González Ruiz fue discípulo de Miguel Angel Houasse (1680-1730) en Madrid, y más tarde viajó a Roma, Nápoles y París para ampliar sus estudios. Fue nombrado pintor del rey y en 1769 se convirtió en el director de la Academia de San Fernando. González Ruiz representa, en un monumental retrato de aparato, a don Luis de Borbón (1727–1785), hijo de Felipe V e Isabel de Farnesio, con atuendo de Cardenal Infante. Don Luis, desde niño y por deseo de su padre, ocupó importantes cargos eclesiásticos, si bien a la edad de 27 años, consciente de su poca vocación religiosa y amante de una vida más mundana, abandonó el estado religioso. Gran amante de las artes, tuvo a su servicio al compositor italiano Luigi Bocherini y para su casa pintó Francisco de Goya, que cosechó sus primeros éxitos bajo la protección de Don Luis. Hábil retratista y correcto pintor de escenas religiosas, el cuadro que el Meadows Museum conserva de González Ruiz es buen ejemplo del gusto de la pintura de influencia francesa en la corte de los Borbones españoles. |
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