Shown from the knees up, a cleanshaven, young man with pale, peachy skin leans on his right elbow, to our left, against a ledge and holds a black top hat in that hand in this vertical portrait painting. His body faces us and he looks slightly off to our left, as if just over our left shoulder, with dark eyes. He has a wide nose, his pale pink lips are closed, and he has the hint of a five o’clock shadow on his square jaw and cleft chin. Sideburns come down past his ears, and straight brown hair falls in long bangs over his forehead and around his eyes and ears. White cloth wraps around his…

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Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol

Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)

c. 1803/1804

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 119.7 x 79.3 cm (47 1/8 x 31 1/4 in.) ; framed: 137.8 x 98.4 cm (54 1/4 x 38 3/4 in.)
Culture: Spanish
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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