De Goya's View Of The Royal Family

One of De Goya’s most famous pieces is his Charles IV of Spain and his family, which was created while under the appointment of King Charles IV himself. This painting creates an interesting light on De Goya’s view of the royal family, while using many techniques in order to perfect the life-size image, also puts on display and mocks the family’s power. The interesting dynamics and hierarchy of the family displayed in this painting gives the strongest feel of what was going on within the inner workings of De Goya’s mind when crafting this magnificent work. There are many disputes over the social commentaries presented by De Goya, however, proper analysis leads to either a direct mocking of the royal family or a lazy creation on his part. Noticing previous words, the former is considered to be the truth. One of the many things that should be immediately noted is on De Goya’s painting is the many figures within the painting itself. The middle and center of attention, Maria Parma, is depicted instead …show more content…
Despite its underlying social commentaries, the family and outfits is made in extremely well detail and mastery to show De Goya’s dedication to his works. These elegant clothes all could display personality, as although all shifting around uncomfortably they all have different postures. For example, the king's first son as seen at the left of the painting seems to be the most confident and even the closer to the front of the painting then his father was, as his wife has an arm around his waist. Being the heir, this could have been a compliment to ambition and strength as the future king, despite in the future becoming a despot and isolating De Goya from Spain. This work was also crafted in a sense to appreciate Velazquez’s painting depicting the family of Philip IV of Spain’s family, no doubt the inspiration for the purpose of how it was