José Gutiérrez de los RÃos
Artist: Vicente López Portaña (Spanish, 1772–1850)
Date: 1849
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Description
José Gutiérrez de los RÃos y Sarmiento de Sotomayor was born in Lisbon in 1780, the second son of Carlos José Gutiérrez de los RÃos , 6th Count of Fernán Núñez (1742-1795), and MarÃa de la Esclavitud Sarmiento, 5th Marchioness of Castel Moncayo (1760-1810), nobles well known through the superb portraits painted by Goya. A Knight of the Order of Montesa since 1808, the year in which he still resided in Lisbon , he was a colonel in the division commanded by the Marquis of La Romana during the War of Independence, also holding the positions of Brigadier General and Chamberlain to King Ferdinand VII . His niece, to whom the dedication refers, was Carolina Gutiérrez de los RÃos y RodrÃguez de Luna, Marchioness of Miravalles (1817-1872).
