Portrait of a Man

Many of Moya’s works showing Christian subjects have been destroyed or lost. Due to a lack of known works, his significance as a portraitist has hitherto not been verified. This man, with a wrinkled forehead, dark curls, a receding hairline and white hairs showing in his moustache and his trimmed beard appears to be of an advanced age. Shown in a three-quarter view, he is leaning on a simple knotted wooden stick. His forefinger holds open a book at the page he has just been reading. The clasped book, his black clothes with white collar and cuffs, striped sleeves and cape combine to class him in a fairly high social rank. He is looking sideways out of the picture, past the viewer. The man and his dog are shown against a monochrome background.

Ducke Astrid: Pedro de Moya, Portrait of a Man, in: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.): von | from 0 auf | to 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923-2023. Salzburg 2023, S./p. 180-181