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Don Luis Jaime Antonio de Borbon y Farnesio, Infante of Spain
(c. 1774-1778)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
152.4 × 109.22 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Harold and Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, 2014
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Anton Raphael Mengs was an early exponent of Neoclassicism who was drawn to Italy by the renewed interest in Rome’s Classical past. From Rome he travelled south to Naples, where he painted for the ruling Spanish nobility. In 1761 he was enticed to Madrid, where he was appointed court painter, a position he held for sixteen years. The sitter in this portrait is the youngest son of King Felipe V of Spain and Isabella Farnese. He wears numerous courtly honours: the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of Carlos III, the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Royal Order of St Januarius. Don Luis was a great patron of the arts and a supporter of the painter Francisco de Goya and the Italian cellist Luigi Boccherini when the latter worked in Madrid.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy
Accession Number
2014.1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
cuffs (costume components) Infante Don Luis Antonio de Borbón men (male humans) patrons (philanthropists) royalty (nobility) sashes (costume accessories) three-quarter-length figures
Movements
Neoclassicism