- Cronología
- Ca. 1790 - 1795
- Ubicación
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 42 x 28 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 18 Jan 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (1166)
- Otros títulos:
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Goya Painting in his Studio (Goya pintando en su taller)
This work came from the collection of the Count of Villagonzalo.
This small painting is one of the few examples in which Goya depicts himself in a full-length portrait.
The great artist is seen painting a canvas, of which we can only see the rear, in front of a large window through which light is flooding in, creating an interesting visual dynamic in which the figure of the painter, looking towards the viewer, boldly stands out against the light. Goya is shown wearing breeches, a short jacket and a tall hat fitted with metal clasps into which the artist would have placed a number of candles to provide extra light when putting the finishing touches to a painting. In the words of his son, Javier de Goya: "the final touches, for the best effect in a painting, were done at night, with artificial light".
In his left hand he holds a palette, on which we can see ten colours laid out, and a number of brushes. His right hand holds the brush that he is currently using.
This work is one of those that shows us Goya's desire to evoke in his paintings "the magic of the atmosphere", a phrase that Javier Goya tells us was one of the painter's favourites.
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Goya 1900Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas ArtesMadrid1900consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900cat. 86
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Pinturas de GoyaMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1928consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928cat. 25
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Exhibition of Spanish Art, Including pictures, Drawings and Engravings by GoyaBurlington Fine Arts ClubLondon1928cat. 106
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1983consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983cat. 22
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Goya nelle collezioni private di SpagneVilla FavoritaLugano1986consultant editor Marta Medina. From June 15th to October 15th 1986cat. 20
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1988from October 6th to December 18th 1988. Exhibited also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18th to March 26th 1989; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, May 9th to July 16th 1989, Madrid curator Manuela B. Mena Marqués, scientific directors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Eleanor A. Sayrecat. 18
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De Greco á Picasso. Cinq siècles d’art espagnolMusée du Petit PalaisParís1987from October 10th 1987 to January 3th 1988cat. 96
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Goya: toros y torerosEspace Van GoghArles1990displayed also at Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, consultant editor Pierre Gassier.cat. 9
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Goya. La década de Los CaprichosMadrid1992organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993cat. 60
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Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1993from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareaucat. 62
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 36
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Goya: Order and disorderMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston2014cat. 38
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Goya: The PortraitsLondon2015cat. 17
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Hamburg2019cat. 21
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GoyaBasle2021p. 65
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-195050 vol. II, p. 70, cat. 352
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Vida y obras de GoyaMadridEditorial Peninsular1951p. 45 y 148
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 169, cat. 331
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 249, cat. 96
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1983p. 156 y 157 (il.)
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMadridMuseo del Prado1988pp. 172 (il.) y 173, cat. 18
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Goya, toros y torerosMadridMinisterio de Cultura, Comunidad de Madrid1990pp. 68-69
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Goya. Autorretratos de GoyaZaragozaCaja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1990p. 43 y 44 (il.)
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La década de los Caprichos. Retratos 1792-1804MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992cat. 60
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Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMadridMuseo del Prado1993p. 256-258, cat. 62
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Goya: Order & DisorderBostonMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Publications2014p. 99
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LondonNational Gallery Company2015pp. 75-77
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HamburgHirmer2019pp. 226-227