Portrait of Captain Roche Hastings
Artist
Vicente López Portaña
(Spanish, 1772 - 1850)
Dateca.1814-1815
Object number85.1654
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsframe: 40 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 3/8 in., (102.9 x 82.6 x 8.6 cm,)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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DescriptionSpanish painter Vicente López, the official portraitist of Fernando VII, was very well-favored by the Spanish court during the late-eighteenth century. In this portrait, Captain Roche Hastings, possibly one of the officers who led the British troops during the Peninsular War, wears a military jacket with no decoration, set against a plain, dark background.
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