Francisco de Saavedra was an enlightened Sevillian who, after dedicating his life to a military career, reached the Court as a minister of Charles IV during a serious social situation that he tried to resolve through some of the institutions in Granada that he had come to know during his academic training at the Colegio del Sacro Monte. This is precisely where the work attributed to Francisco de Goya is kept, as when Francisco de Saavedra was appointed Minister of Finance in 1797 he immediately informed the College, which was great news.
So much so that on 12 December 1797 the rector himself ordered that he be congratulated and commissioned a painting to celebrate the appointment, to perpetuate his figure in order to motivate the rest of the students and as a source of propaganda for this Granada institution. It is a full-length representation of Saavedra, seated in a chair and dressed in the costume of a captain general.

Collection: Images

Project: 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://www.tiemposmodernos.org/tm3/index.php/tm/article/view/377

Resource type: Image

Format: Oil on canvas

Source: Valverde, J. M. (2015). "El ministro de Carlos IV, Francisco de Saavedra. Formación y vínculo con Granada (1756-1809)", en Tiempos modernos, nº 30, p. 12.

Language: Spanish

Date: Finales del siglo XVIII

Owner: Roberto José Alcalde López (Modernalia)

Copyright: ©Tiempos Modernos ©José María Valverde Tercedor

Abstract: Portrait of Francisco de Saavedra, attributed to Goya and painted at the end of the 18th century

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