Artwork Details
43-5/8 x 33-1/8 in. (canvas) approximately 55-1/4 x 45 x 6 in. (framed)
Accession NumberBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Color PaletteProvenance
Provenance
Conde de Robres, Zaragoza;{1} By descent to his son, Baron Sangarren, Zaragoza; Richard Traumann, Madrid;{2} (Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris);{3} José de Santamarina, Paris;{4} Sarah Wilkinson Santamarina, Paris; {5} (Wildenstein Gallery, New York);{6} Purchased by Josiah K. Lilly Jr. [1893-1966], Indianapolis, in 1962; Purchased by Herman C. Krannert [1887-1972, in 1970; By inheritance to his wife, Ellnora Decker Krannert [1890-1974]; By bequest to the Krannert Charitable Trust, in 1974; Given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1975 (75.454). ------- {1} See the entry in Illustrated Catalogue of the Twelfth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French and English Schools, being a Portion of the Sedelmeyer Gallery Containing also a General Index of the 1500 Pictures described in the 13 Catalogues of the Sedelmeyer Gallery Published to Date, Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris 1913, under catalogue no. 42. {2} See footnote 1 above. {3} See footnote 1 above. {4} See Ronda Kasl and Suzanne L. Stratton, Painting in Spain in the Age of Enlightenment: Goya and his Contemporaries, Indianapolis Museum of Art 1997, catalogue no. 46. {5} See footnote 4 above. {6} See footnote 4 above.
Gallery Labels
Gallery Labels
Goya was the leading portraitist at the court of Carlos IV of Spain. Portraits such as this were thought remarkable by Goya's contemporaries, not only for their accurate likenesses, but for their compelling illusion of life itself. Félix Colón, a descendant of Christopher Columbus, was an officer of the Royal Infantry Guards and the author of a treatise on military justice. Here he holds a quill pen to indicate his authorship of the volumes behind him. He wears the badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of Santiago, which he entered in 1794, the year this portrait was painted.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Painting in Spain in the Age of Enlightenment: Goya and His Contemporaries
Indianapolis Museum of Art
November 23, 1996 - January 19, 1997
A Shared Heritage: Art by Four African Americans
Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 24, 1996 - April 2, 1996
Key Acquisitions Since 1970 Part II: Prints, Drawings, & Western Paintings
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 21, 1980 - November 30, 1980
Selected Gifts from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Krannert
Indianapolis Museum of Art
December 8, 1976 - January 9, 1977
Krannert Memorial Exhibition
Dates Unknown
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