- Cronología
- Ca. 1772
- Ubicación
- Museum of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 450 x 340 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Museo de Zaragoza
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 04 Oct 2021 / 03 Dec 2024
- Inventario
- NIG 97614
Franco Goya (bottom left-hand corner)
Javier Goya, Madrid, 1828; Mariano Goya, Madrid, 1854; Valentín Carderera, Madrid, 1854-1860; Zaragoza Museum, 1998.
From December 5th, 2024, and while the Zaragoza Museum remains closed for works, the painting is part of the exhibition 'Goya. From the Museum to the Palace' in the Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza.
See Angel's Head (1)
This head corresponds to that of the angel standing in a frontal position on the left of the composition in the fresco The Adoration of the Name of God.
The beauty of the face follows androgynous iconography, defined by the fullness of the oval, the small, fleshy mouth, straight nose and wide-set, wide-spaced eyes. He uses crossed strokes on the face and neck to create the effects of shading, and traces of chalk can still be seen. This will be the model of the face that Goya will use as a female type for later tapestry cartoons.
It is reminiscent of several drawings in the Italian Notebook, especially the Classical Female Head (p. 63) inspired by the sculpture of Juno Cesi, from the 2nd century BC.
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Goya e ItaliaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza2008organized by the Fundación Goya en Aragóna, consultant editor Joan Sureda Pons. From June 1st to September 15th 2008cat. 195
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Madrid2019cat. 4
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Zaragoza2021
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Goya. From the Museum to the PalaceZaragoza2024
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970t. I, pp. 239, cat. 25
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 28
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979p.32
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ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. I, p. 55
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Goya y Aragón. Familia, amistades y encargos artísticoscol. Col. Mariano de Pano y RuataZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada de Aragón1995p. 89-92
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Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesasZaragozaFundación Goya en Aragón, Ibercaja y Gobierno de Aragón2015pp. 123-125
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SantanderFundación Botín y Museo Nacional del Prado2018pp. 322-323, cat. 30
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 57
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Goya. Traveler and artist of the Grand Tour (exp. cat.)ZaragozaGobierno de Aragón2021pp.196-197
