The Junta of the Philippines

The Junta of the Philippines
ArtistFrancisco Goya
Yearc. 1815
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions320 cm × 433 cm (130 in × 170 in)
LocationGoya Museum

The Junta of the Philippines, or Sessions of the Junta of the Royal Company of the Philippines (Spanish: Junta de la Compañía de Filipinas) is an oil-on-canvas painting, c. 1815, by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya held by the Goya Museum located in Castres.

The work is the largest Goya produced.[1] It was commissioned that year to commemorate the March 30th annual meeting of the Royal Company of the Philippines (Real Compañía de Filipinas) attended by 51 shareholders and members[2] during a period when Goya was disillusioned by the formerly exiled Ferdinand VII's return to the Spanish crown, which moved away from enlightenment and ended the hopes of Spanish liberals for a more progressive Spain.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference H346 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Roskill, 51
  3. ^ A similar sentiment can be seen in Goya's El gran cabrón painted between 1820–1823

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