King Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833), full length, in the uniform of Capitán General, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and other military orders, standing before a table draped with the Spanish regalia

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VICENTE LÓPEZ Y PORTAÑA (VALENCIA 1772-1850 MADRID)
King Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833), full length, in the uniform of Capitán General, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and other military orders, standing before a table draped with the Spanish regalia
oil on canvas, unlined
33 ½ x 24 ¾ in. (85 x 63 cm.)

Provenance

The Duke of Sotomayor, Madrid, by 1913.
[The Property of a Spanish Collector: Un Estilo de Vida Moderno]; Christie’s, London, 23 September 2015, lot 304, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

J.L. Morales y Marín, Vicente López, Zaragoza, 1980, p. 74, no. 53, with erroneous measurements.
J.L. Díez, Vicente López (1772-1850), Catálogo Razonado, II, Madrid, 1999, pp. 90 and 675, no. P360, pl. 163, with erroneous measurements.

Exhibited

Madrid, Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte, Pinturas españolas de la primera mitad del siglo XIX, 1913, no. 86.
Barcelona, Virreina Palace, Vicente López. 1772-1850, 1943, no. 68 (according to a label on the reverse).

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Lot Essay

This portrait of King Ferdinand VII is inspired by the monarch's official bust-length portrait, commissioned from Vicente López y Portaña in 1818, and now in the collections of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid (inv. no. 1065).

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