" La familia de Carlos IV" de Goya: una interpretación desde la emblemática

Abstract

La familia de Carlos IV podría encuadrarse, si tenemos en cuenta a Palomino, como un retrato historiado de asunto metafórico. Este pretendería mostrarla como una monarquía ilustrada que actúa con conocimiento y en base a la razón conforme a las ideas desarrolladas por la literatura regio-política española. Estaríamos así ante un espejo de monarquía ideal creado por la invención de Goya que, desgraciadamente, la terca realidad, se encargó de desmentir.

The Family of Charles IV could be classified, according to Palomino, as a "historiado" portrait [which means that for its elaboration it is necessary to keep the same adjustment and restraint as in a story] of metaphorical matter, which would be trying to show the Royal Family as an enlightened monarchy that behaves with knowledge and following the commands of the reason, in accordance to the ideas developed by the Spanish regal political literature. If so, we would be looking at a mirror of ideal monarchy created by Goya's invention, that, unfortunately, the stubborn reality finally denied.