EL RETRATO EN EL COLECCIONISMO BURGUÉS Y NOBILIARIO EN MADRID DURANTE EL SIGLO XIX: PRESENCIA, SIGNIFICADOS Y NARRATIVAS

Abstract

The study of different literary, documentary (mainly inventories) and graphic sources (especially photographs) allows us to know the numerous uses that the portrait as a genre had in the collections of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy during the 19th century in Madrid. The variety of narratives in the disposition of historical portraits and the families’ effigies in their residences are analyzed, as well as the countless meanings that both types of images had and their relationships with the different initiatives carried out during that period by institutions such as the Museo del Prado.

Keywords

• portrait galleries
• collecting
• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• docu-mentary sources