Bernardo de Iriarte

Bernardo de Iriarte
Retrat de Bernardo Yriate (1797) per Goya
Born18 February 1735 
Died13 July 1814  (aged 79)

Bernardo de Iriarte (18 February 1735, Puerto de la Cruz–13 July 1814, Bordeaux) was a Spanish politician and diplomat.

Biography

He was brother of Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa

He was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

He was a friend of Francisco Goya, and was responsible for some of the names given to Goya's Black Paintings.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ Hughes, Robert. Goya. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. ISBN 978-0-394-58028-9


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