Joaquín Inza
1736-1811
Joaquín Inza was Spanish portrait painter.
Joaquín Inza was born in Agreda, Soria, Spain, in 1736. He trained at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de S Fernando in Madrid from 1752. He must have concentrated on portraiture soon after, as signed and dated portraits exist from 1758.
He painted members of the Madrid aristocracy and enjoyed the patronage of both the Duquesa de Arcos, for whom he worked in 1781-2, and the Conde de Fernán Núñez, whose portrait he painted in 1784. He also painted portraits of many noblemen at the court in Madrid and was especially close to the Iriarte family. One of his finest and most expressive portraits is of the celebrated poet, Tomás Iriarte, which was engraved by Luis Salvador Carmona in 1792.
Inza executed several commissions for successive Spanish monarchs, including portraits of Charles III (Madrid, Real Acad. S Fernando, Mus.) and other members of the royal family.
He also painted canvases for several institutions and a portrait of the prime minister, Manuel Godoy (Aránjuez, Pal. Real), in which his style is formal and unobtrusive.
Joaquín Inza died in Madrid, 1811.
