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...spectacular of the treasures that have recently been added to the collections of U.S. museums (see color). It is an icily majestic portrait of Arthur Wellesley, who was then in the process of driving Napoleon's troops out of Spain, and was to become the first Duke of Wellington, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Grandee of Spain, and later Prime Minister of England...
...acquisition of a Goya would be a noteworthy event no matter what the subject, but a Goya Wellington attracts added interest these days. Goya painted three: the one in Washington, a less successful Wellington on horseback in London's Wellington Museum, and the bust-length portrait that was stolen last year from the National Gallery in London...
...Viva Velinton!" When the Spanish master met the then Lord Wellington in 1812, the 43-year-old Briton was the idol of Spain. The streets echoed with cries of "Y viva Velinton!," and beautiful women rushed forward to cover him with kisses. Had Goya been a less truthful artist, he might have tried to idealize the man into some sort of benign hero surrounded by the trappings of glory...
...antagonism between the soldier and the artist was duly reported by Mrs. Havemeyer in her privately printed' memoirs. At one point, she wrote, Wellington bluntly told Goya that the portrait would never do and would have to be changed. In a rage, Goya started to pick up a pistol lying on a table near by, and Wellington went for his sword. "Fortunately the two great men were separated before they could do greater harm than to express their opinions of each other," wrote Mrs. Havemeyer. "Goya would never change the portrait nor allow Wellington any longer to pose...
Scotland Yard put all harbors and airports on the alert, but it did so with a suggestion of quiet desperation. After all, Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington, stolen from the National Gallery eleven months ago, has yet to be found...