Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009402About the Artwork
This portrait both testifies to Goya’s friendship with Cuervo and presents the sitter as a cutting-edge intellectual. Director of the Royal Academy of San Fernando, the official academy for artists and architects in Spain, Cuervo appears with his plan for the recent renovation of Madrid’s Church of Santiago. The jacket with red and gold brocade identifies him as a member of the academy.
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower left: "Dn. Juan Anto°. / Cuerbo / Direct[r] de la R[i] Academia a Sn./ Fern.[ando] / Por su amigo Goya/ año 1819"
Provenance
Francisco Durán y Sirvent, Madrid (1900); (Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1900, 1928); Godfrey Rockefeller, Greenwich, Conn. (1939); (J. Seligmann, New York)
Exhibition history
Benefit Exhibition of Works by Goya. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (November 8-December 16, 1950). 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). An Inaugural Exhibition: El Greco, Rembrandt, Goya, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (organizer) (September 12-October 20, 1957). Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). Goya and His Times. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (December 5, 1963-February 29, 1964). Goya. Mauritshuis, Den Hague, Netherlands (July 4-September 13, 1970); Orangerie des Tuileries (September 25-December 7, 1970). Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). Goya Retrospective. Nationalmuseum (organizer) (October 6, 1994-January 8, 1995). Goya 1746-1828. Museo Nacional del Prado (organizer) (March 29-May 30, 1996). Goya: Order and Disorder. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (October 12, 2014-January 19, 2015).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)
- Date
- 1819
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 136.8 x 105.1 x 7.3 cm (53 7/8 x 41 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 120 x 87 cm (47 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1943.90
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