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Charles IV in his Hunting Clothes is an oil on canvas painting of 1799 by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, the second of his two portraits of King Charles IV of Spain.
While Goya devotes a great deal of attention to his depiction of the king's sash and cloth, he emphasises his weakness in his rendering of a near-portly belly and indecisive stare. The art critic Robert Hughes describes  a "big nosed face, framed in the tricorned hat like the head of an affable turtle poking from its shell".  It is part of the Spanish national collection, now displayed in the Royal Palace of Madrid.During his career, Goya depicted both father and son in hunting dress. The inspiration for the older man's outfit is probably taken from Velázquez's portrait of Philip IV, which the artist would have opportunity  to see as then court painter. Goya pays tribute to Titian's  Portrait of Charles V with a dog by depicting a dog loyally sniffing at the royal crotch.
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