Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

1820 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Pérez’s loosely rolled up sleeves—a painterly tour de force—and relaxed expression combine with Goya’s nearly monochrome palette to create an exceptionally direct and informal portrait of the artist’s close friend, the architect Tiburcio Pérez. The year before, Goya had painted Pérez’s uncle, also an architect, in a far more regal and conventional portrait, which is today in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Pérez was responsible for the design of several institutional buildings in Madrid, including a medical school on the Calle de Atocha.

Artist

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Date

1820

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915