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| Keywords: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 107.jpg Pedro de Álcantara Téllez Girón The Duke of Osuna oil canvas en 113 x 83 2 cm en New York en The Frick Collection Goya portrays the Duke of Osuna without any medals in front of a dark background Only the truncheon shows points to his military merits The vivid dark eyes of the aristocrat who was a supporter of the Enlightenment lend the sensitively painted portrait an amazing presence With lively brush-strokes the painter created a richly varied surface structure capturing the reflection of light on the duke's clothes The Duke of Osuna co-founder of a society for the promotion of national cultural consciousness and his wife proved to be major art-lovers The pair were among Goya's most important clients Image self taken at Goya exhibition in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna October 2005-January 2006 en around 1785 Creator Francisco de Goya y Lucientes PD-old-100 Other versions Duke of Osuna by Goya Paintings in the Frick Collection Pedro Téllez-Girón 9th Duke of Osuna 1780s portrait paintings Portrait paintings of men at half length Powdered wigs in art 1785 portrait paintings Men looking right in art Lapels House of Téllez-Girón | ||||
