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En el presente artículo se aborda la figura de Carlos Ruta, un italiano que entró al servicio de Carlos III durante su estancia en Nápoles y llegó hasta España, donde continuó su labor al servicio de este rey y su hijo Carlos IV. Las noticias que hasta ahora han llegado sobre su persona son muy fragmentarias y abordadas desde prismas muy alejados. Siendo fundamentalmente un cortesano cerca del rey, de entre todas sus actividades sobresale su labor como maestro de dibujo del príncipe Carlos y del infante Gabriel, así como su desempeño en el mundo del arte y la arquitectura amateur, aspectos que más nos interesanen este caso. Estas facetas nos acercan al asunto del ejercicio diletante del arte en la corte española, cuestión que este artículo pretende desarrollar.

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This article deals with the figure of Carlos Ruta, an Italian who entered the service of Charles III during his stay in Naples and arrived to Spain, where he continued his work in the service of this king and his son Charles IV. The information that has so far come down to us about him is very fragmentary and approached from very different perspectives. Although he was basically a courtier close to the king, his work as drawing master to the prince Carlos and the Infant Gabriel stands out among all his activities, as does his work in the world of amateur art and architecture, which is the aspect that interests us most in this case. This facet brings us closer to the issue of Ruta's dilettante exercise of art in the Spanish Court, a question that this article aims to develop.

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Title
Carlos Ruta: cortesano y artista aficionado en la corte borbónica (1725-1794)
Alternate title
Carlos Ruta: Courtier and Amateur Artist at the Bourbon Court (1725-1794)
Publication title
Volume
26
Source details
Teoría y práctica de la nobleza y lo nobiliario en el siglo XVIII
Pages
509-537
Number of pages
31
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Section
Varia
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Place of publication
Salamanca
Country of publication
Spain
ISSN
15767914
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-10-09
Milestone dates
2025-10-09 (Created); 2024-07-17 (Submitted); 2025-10-15 (Issued); 2025-10-15 (Modified); 2024-07-17 (Enviado); 2025-03-29 (Aceptado)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
09 Oct 2025
ProQuest document ID
3283753085
Document URL
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Last updated
2026-01-02
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