Art, literature & history
Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo
1819
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.90
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0; compressed study reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo — Francisco Goya. 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.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.