Focus on this artwork and explain the History.
The painting was commissioned by the boy's father, Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán (1756–1816), conde de Altamira, who held many titles and was also a director of the Banco de San Carlos. Altamira was one of the six dignitaries of the newly formed Banco de San Carlos painted by Goya between 1785 and 1788.  In 1786, after painting several portraits of the court, Goya was nominated painter to Charles III, and continued from 1789 as court painter of his successor Charles IV.
Altamira hired Goya to paint several family portraits.  This painting, from 1787–88, depicts Altimira's youngest son, Manuel, who was born in April 1784 and died at age eight on June 12, 1792.  Goya also painted a portrait of another of Altamira's four sons, Vicente Isabel Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo (1777–1837), and of his wife María Ignacia Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, the condesa de Altamira (1757–1795) with their infant daughter, María Agustina (born 1787).
titles Banco de San Carlos Charles III Charles IV