As court painter to both Charles III and Charles IV of Spain, Goya achieved considerable fame as a portraitist. Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta, the last of his many self-portraits, was executed late in his life. In 1819, Goya had fallen seriously ill and his doctor, Eugenio Garc’a Arrieta, nursed him back to health. On recovering, he presented Arrieta with this painting which shows the physician ministering to his patient. The words at the bottom read in translation, Goya gives thanks to his friend Arrieta for the expert care with which he saved his life from an acute and dangerous illness which he suffered at the close of the year 1819 when he was seventy-three years old. He painted it in 1820. This inscription gives the canvas the look of an ex-voto, a type of religious painting still popular in Spain, which expresses gratitude for deliverance from a calamity.

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　　这幅油画《我和阿雷塔医生》是戈雅众多自画像中的最后一幅。1819年，这位西班牙画家突然患病；几年前，他也曾患过类似的疾病，包括耳聋、头晕、神志失常。为他治疗的阿雷塔医生是西班牙著名的传染病专家，该地区经常受到流行病的侵袭。戈雅在病痛中幸存下来，并创作了这幅画表达对医生的敬意。画面中，艺术家坐在床上，抓住自己的床单，虚弱地躺在阿雷塔医生的怀里。阴暗处还围着一群人，他们被明亮而充满希望的色调所照亮。上面写着这样一句话：“戈雅，感谢他的朋友阿雷塔：在他七十三岁的时候，在1819年底患上了严重的疾病，他用同情和关爱拯救了他的生命。”