Portrait of the Poet Leandro Fernández de Moratín
1824 Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
About this artwork
This portrait depicts the Spanish poet and playwright Leandro Fernández de Moratín in his later years. It was painted by Francisco Goya during his final years of self-imposed exile in Bordeaux, France.
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Goya and Moratín were close friends who both sought refuge in Bordeaux to escape the volatile political climate of post-war Spain. This painting is particularly poignant as it represents one of the final portraits Goya painted, capturing a fellow intellectual in the twilight of their shared exile.
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Portrait of the Poet Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Francisco Goya, 1824
