Francisco de Goya

Aesopus

Aesopus
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1778
Ubicación
Museo Goya. Colección Ibercaja, Zaragoza, Spain
Dimensiones
43 x 24,5 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Attributed work
Ficha: realización/revisión
10 Oct 2022 / 08 Jun 2023
Inventario
225
Inscripciones

AESOPVS (upper left-hand corner)

Historia

See the previous painting Menippus, of the same origin and with which it forms a pair.

Análisis artístico

See the previous painting Menippus,

Velazquez painted the imaginary portraits of the ancient Greek philosophers Menippus and Aesopus to be part of the decoration of the Torre de la parade, along with other works of Rubens.  The reductions attributed to Goya are clear evidence of this interest in internalising the work of the Sevillian master.

Aesopus lived between the seventh and sixth century B.C. first as a salve and later as a freeman. Velázquez depicted him as mature, white-haired man with a tired, dressed in a brown sackcloth fastened at the waist with a white cloth. In one of his hands he holds a book while the other is hidden under the ragged tunic, at waist level. At his feet is a stone on which, according to Cesare Ripa (Perugia, 1555 - Rome, 1622), the phlegmatic should sit. In the upper right corner it is possible to read the word AESOPUS that serves to identify the character, lacking any other characterization.

Exposiciones
  • Zaragoza
    1981
  • San Sebastian
    1989
Bibliografía
  • ZaragozaImprenta de M. Peiró
    1842
    p. 16
  • LALANA, Narciso y LLOVET, Tomás
    Zaragoza
    1926
    p. 44
  • BUENDÍA, José Rogelio and MORALES Y MARÍN, José Luis
    Zaragoza
    1981
    pp. 92-96
  • PASCUAL DE QUINTO Y DE LOS RÍOS, José and DIEGO CHÓLIZ, Gonzalo de
    Zaragoza
    1981
Enlaces externos
Volver
Usamos cookies propias y de terceros para mejorar su navegación. Si continua navegando consideramos que acepta el uso de cookies.