Portrait of Fernando Fernández de Córdoba y Valcárcel. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 19th century. Unframed canvas. Shows damage. Requires restoration. Full-length portrait of a male figure in an interior decorated with carpets, a gilded wooden chest of drawers with a Rococo influence, a wall relief, moldings, an inkwell, maps, books, a writing desk, etc. On the left, next to a curtain, a window opens the composition, revealing a building. The man, in military uniform, holds a sword in one hand and a bicorn in the other, while looking directly at the viewer. Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Valcárcel (Buenos Aires, September 2, 1809 – Madrid, October 30, 1883), 2nd Marquis of Mendigorría, was a Spanish military man, son of José María Fernández de Córdova y Rojas, a frigate captain in the Royal Navy, and María de la Paz Rodríguez de Valcárcel y O'Conrry, 1st Marchioness of Mendigorría. With his brother Luis, he fought in the First Carlist War. He belonged to the Moderate Party and later to the Radical Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister for a single day. He was Senator for life from 1847 to 1868 and for the province of Soria from 1871 to 1873, during the reign of Amadeo of Savoy. In the portrait, it is possible to clearly see his decorations, located on the left side of his chest. Starting from the top: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III (established by this monarch in 1771); on the left, the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (instituted by Ferdinand VII in 1815); below the former, the insignia of Knight of the Insigne and Royal Order of Saint Januarius (military order of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, established in 1738). And almost covered by the lapel is the one awarded in 1850 when he was named Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Ferdinand (established in 1811). The one that remains to be identified, next to the former, may be the decoration of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild. In addition, he was awarded the recognition of Knight Grand Cross in brilliants of the Order of Pius IX.
· Size: 138x218 cms.
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Ref.: Z6572