A gentleman in 17th century fashion

This 19th-century work is a recreation of the historicist portraits that were so successful at the time. The sitter’s appearance is certainly grotesque, with a dark suit and stiff upper lip in the fashion of the early years of Philip IV’s reign. Overall, this accentuates the expressionism of his features in a style close to that of the painter José María Losada (1826-1896), to whose immediate circle he may have belonged.

Collection: Images

Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe., 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.

Chronology: XIX

Scope: Secondary education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://ceres.mcu.es/pages/Main?idt=125582&inventary=02146&table=FMUS&museum=MLGM

Resource type: Image

Format: Oil on canvas (47,5 x 36 cm)

Source: Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid)

Language: Spanish

Date: 1870

Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)