The Junta of the Philippines
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Artist | Francisco Goya |
Year | c. 1815 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 320 cm × 433 cm (130 in × 170 in) |
Location | Goya Museum |
The Junta of the Philippines, or Sessions of the Junta of the Royal Company of the Philippines (Spanish: Junta de la Compañía de Filipinas) is an oil-on-canvas painting, c. 1815, by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya held by the Goya Museum located in Castres.
The work is the largest Goya produced.[1] It was commissioned that year to commemorate the March 30th annual meeting of the Royal Company of the Philippines (Real Compañía de Filipinas) attended by 51 shareholders and members[2] during a period when Goya was disillusioned by the formerly exiled Ferdinand VII's return to the Spanish crown, which moved away from enlightenment and ended the hopes of Spanish liberals for a more progressive Spain.[3]
Description
The Junta of the Philippines painting captures a moment when, unexpectedly, Ferdinand decided to attend the meeting of the Junta, intending his presence to be an affirmation of his commitment to the empire. However, it had the opposite effect; the Spanish economy and empire lay in ruins after the Peninsular War,[1] the Royal Company of the Philippines was by that time so unprofitable and ineffective as to be irrelevant, and Ferdinand was a king who had learned nothing from the turmoil of the preceding years when he was overthrown. Ferdinand's return led to mass emigration and exile amongst the Spanish intellectual class. Although Goya remained in Spain for a number of years and continued to depict his king, he too fled in exile to France in 1824.[4]
As with his c. 1800
See also
Notes
Bibliography
- Boime, Albert. Art in an age of counterrevolution, 1815-1848. Chicago University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-226-06337-2
- ISBN 0-394-58028-1
- Junquera, Juan José. The Black Paintings of Goya. London: Scala Publishers, 2008. ISBN 1-85759-273-5
- Roskill, Mark W. The interpretation of pictures. University of Massachusetts, 1989. ISBN 0-87023-661-X
External links
- Media related to La Junta de Filipinas (Goya) at Wikimedia Commons