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JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ DE LA OLIVA (La Laguna, 1695- 1777)Retrato de Don Esteban de Porlier con su escudo de armas, y miniatura de dama sobre su mano derechah. 1723-1728

Oil on canvas. 90 x 67,5 cm. Inscribed: "Dn Esteban de Polier consul General of the Kingdom of France knight of the Order of San Lazaro". On a landscape background, the painter presents us with the imposing portrait of almost full-length portrait of D. Esteban de Porlier, whose distinction is confirmed by the legend inscribed on the paper deposited on the table mat: Dn Esteban de Porlier, Consul General of the Kingdom of France, Knight of the Order of Saint Lazarus. The green cross of Saint Lazarus, which hangs on his chest, attests to his affiliation to this order. In his right hand, he holds a small miniature portraying an unidentified lady. In the upper left part the coat of arms of the Porlier house; the field of sinople and two boars' heads facing each other in gold, in the chief of the shield a silver lunnel and in the beak a deer's head; all this superimposed on the cross of San Lazaro. Don Esteban Porlier du Ruth (Ecoven, 1682; Paris, 1739), was a young man belonging to an aristocratic family, linked to the House of Montmorency and the court of Louis XIV. He settled in the Canary Islands at the beginning of 1706, and married in La Laguna, with Doña Rita de la Luz Sopranis, descendant of one of the noble families of the Canary Islands. In 1708, he entered as Cavalry Ensign of the Island of Tenerife and, the following year, he was appointed Consul General in the Canary Islands by the Sun King. In recognition of his brilliant services, in 1723, France honored him by naming him Knight of the Order of Saint Lazarus, a distinction he received in the church of the convent of Saint Augustine in La Laguna. Don Esteban combined his outstanding military and political career with commerce, where he achieved renown as an exporter of Canary Island wine. Of his seven children, Antonio Aniceto, the youngest, received the title of I Marquis of Bajamar by Carlos III and was immortalized in a portrait by Goya. According to the genealogy of the House of Porlier, detailed by Jaime Baíllo de Porlier in the Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía (XIV, 2007, p. 199), the chronology of this painting should be between 1723 and 1739. In 1723, Don Esteban de Porlier received the Cross of San Lazaro, when he was 41 years old, and in 1739 he died. Esteban's youthful countenance in the portrait suggests that the work may have been executed in the early years of this period. With some exceptions, such as his last trip to Paris, where he died, the life of the founder of the Canary Islands Porlier saga was fully insular. In La Laguna he had to be painted, perhaps to celebrate his entrance into the military Order. Between 1723 and 1728, there is only one portrait painter in La Laguna: José García de la Oliva (1695-1777). The production and style of this painter were detailed in Escultura y pintura de José Rodríguez de la Oliva (Carmen Fraga, 1983). From this, we can deduce that the present portrait reflects the precocious maturity of the artist who, by that time was between 28 and 33 years old: a work of youth, which had already been preceded by other portraits made from 1618 onwards. The quality of the work and the depth of the study of Esteban Porlier's personality make this portrait a masterpiece of the painter and of Canary Island painting.

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JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ DE LA OLIVA (La Laguna, 1695- 1777)Retrato de Don Esteban de Porlier con su escudo de armas, y miniatura de dama sobre su mano derechah. 1723-1728

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