Bernardo de Iriarte (Goya)

Bernardo de Iriarte is a 1797 portrait painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya.

[2] The sitter, Bernardo de Iriarte, was a patron and friend of the painter; the dedicatory inscription at the lower edge is testament to both men's "mutual esteem and affection".

At its unveiling, the painting was hailed for its likeness and its virtuosity, and it has been considered a masterpiece ever since.

[1][2][3] The painting was acquired in November 1941 from the heirs of Camille Groult [fr] by Adolf Wuster and Hans Wendland for the Generalverwaltung der oberrheinischen Museen (General administration of the Upper Rhine museums) at a sale at Hôtel Drouot, and given to the Strasbourg museum.

Goya's own 1792 Retrato de Sebastián Martínez y Pérez [es] also anticipates on some aspects of Bernardo de Iriarte as far as the attitude and the gaze of the sitter are concerned.