Portrait of Juan Maria Osorio

Portrait of Juan Maria Osorio by Agustín Esteve y Marques: Esteve y Marques enjoyed a successful early career as a court painter and society…

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In Portrait of Juan Maria Osorio, start with classical, portrait, figurative. Then look closely at this museum-described detail: The young subject of this portrait is Juan Maria Osorio, one of three sons of Don Vicente Osorio Moscoso Fernandez de Cordoba, the 13th count of Altamira, who also commissioned multiple family portraits from…

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Esteve y Marques enjoyed a successful early career as a court painter and society portraitist, working as an assistant to the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya before becoming court painter to King Charles IV. The young subject of this portrait is Juan Maria Osorio, one of three sons of Don Vicente Osorio Moscoso Fernandez de Cordoba, the 13th count of Altamira, who also commissioned multiple family portraits from Goya. Esteve and Goya often shared aristocratic patrons, and there are also portraits of the count…