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RAMÓN BAYEU Y SUBIAS Zaragoza 1746 - Aranjuez 1793 Portrait of Infante Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio, Infante of Spain Oil on canvas Dimensions 78.5 x 62.3 cm Provenance: - Private collection, Madrid. This portrait depicts Infante Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio (1727-1785), brother of Charles III and one of the most prominent figures at the Spanish court in the 18th century. The work can be identified as one of the portraits Ramón Bayeu painted in 1770 on commission from the Crown, copying models by Anton Raphael Mengs, the king's first court painter. Extant documents record payment to Bayeu for two portraits executed by royal order, including one of Infante Luis. The canvas derives from a portrait by Mengs currently held in the San Diego Museum of Art, although it presents significant variations in the clothing and overall conception, which is more intimate and less ceremonial. The quality of the execution is especially notable in the modeling of the face and the treatment of lace and fabrics, aspects that reveal Ramón Bayeu's close stylistic relationship with Mengs' artistic language and the influence of his brother Francisco Bayeu. Recent studies have shown that the sash of the Order of Charles III visible in the painting is a later modification, made after 1771, which reinforces the consideration of the work as an early version linked to the documented commission of 1770. Summary of the extensive study carried out by Jesús López Ortega, May 2026.