Charles III Dining before the Court , Luis Paret y Alcázar
In this painting, Paret invites us to attend a daily ritual at the Royal Palace in Madrid. Spain’s King Charles III (1716-1788) sits at the table in presence of his ministers, ambassadors, servants and his favorite hunting dogs. Paret must have known those rooms well as a painter in the employ of the king’s younger brother, the infante don Luis. The hall that appears here has much the same layout as it does today.
