How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Buy a print or image licence

You can purchase this reproduction

If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.

Order a print

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Andrés del Peral sits proudly on a simple chair and looks out at us with a penetrating stare. Goya shows Peral as he really was, with a receding hairline and grey hair. He looks as if he’s sneering at us, but his facial droop suggests he may have suffered a stroke. He places his left hand on his hip and the right is tucked into his waistcoat, a gesture commonly found in portraiture at this date.

A friend and contemporary of Goya’s, Peral was an accomplished gilder and worked for the royal court in Madrid from the late 1770s to the 1820s. Goya’s use of colour is subtle and delicate, his brushstrokes confident and at times even flamboyant. Our eye is drawn to the luxurious sheen of Peral’s silvery coat, and the striped waistcoat decorated with flowers beneath it.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Don Andrés del Peral

Date

before 1798

Medium

Oil on poplar

Measurements

H 95 x W 65.7 cm

Accession number

NG1951

Acquisition method

Presented by Sir George Donaldson, 1904

Work type

Painting

The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

This venue is open to the public. Not all artworks are on display. If you want to see a particular artwork, please contact the venue.

View venue

Artist or maker

Francisco de Goya

1746–1828

View profile

Boys Playing at See-Saw Pollok House
Equestrian Portrait of the 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House
Boys Playing at Soldiers Pollok House
Interior of a Prison The Bowes Museum
Cantar y Bailar (Singing and Dancing) The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
El Médico (The Doctor) National Galleries of Scotland: National
Disparate de miedo The Higgins Bedford
18 more