Bernardo de Iriarte

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

Bernardo de Iriarte by Goya (1797)

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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