Francisco de Goya

Isidro González

Isidro González
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1801 - 1807
Ubicación
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
Dimensiones
93.3 x 67.2 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Three Family Trust in Common Danielson
Ficha: realización/revisión
25 Mar 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
Inventario
(1990. 558)
Inscripciones

D.n Ysidro / Gonzalez / P.r Goya / 1801 [or 1807] ("Don Isidro González, By Goya, 1801 (or 1807)", on the roll of paper in the subject's right hand)

Historia

This work belonged to Luis Iñiguez, the sitter's nephew and Mayor of Logroño. It was later in the collection of Paul Lafond, in Paris, and then in that of Durand Ruel, in the same city. It went to the Danielson collection, in Boston, and was stored at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1925 it belonged to Charles Deering, of Chicago, who delivered it permanently to the Art Institute of Chicago on 30 September 1989.

Análisis artístico

Isidro González Velázquez (Madrid, 1765-1829) was the second son of the painter Antonio González Velázquez. He trained as an architect at the Royal Academy of San Fernando and was a disciple of Juan de Villanueva. Among his most well-known works is the Monument to the Victims of the Second of May (Monumento a las víctimas del Dos de Mayo), in Madrid.

The young man is shown seated and in half profile. He is wearing a jacket and has a scarf around his neck, helping to focus the viewer's attention on the sitter's face, which is looking out at us rather timidly. In his hand he holds a rolled-up piece of paper, where we can see Goya's inscription.

The date in the inscription, however, it not clearly legible. Although it appears to say 1801, Daniel Catton Rich suggests that it could actually read 1807. Sánchez Cantón is of the opinion that the second option could be more likely, given how the subject is dressed and the technique that has been employed by the artist. Gassier and Wilson believe that restoration work could have modified the last number in the date, making a 7 appear more like a 1, but they also point out that in the second version of the work (a replica or copy), the date again appears as 1801, but, since this would have been made after the restoration of the original, this would not affect Gassier and Wilson's hypothesis.

This other version belonged to the collection of Generoso González, in Madrid, when it appeared in the exhibition Antecedentes, coincidencias e influencias del arte de Goya (Madrid, Spanish Society of Friends of Art, 1932, cat. 1).

Exposiciones
  • The art of Goya. Paintings, drawings and prints
    The Art Institute of Chicago
    Chicago
    1941
    from January 30th to March 2nd 1941
  • Goya and his sitters
    New York
    1964
  • Goya. La década de Los Caprichos
    Madrid
    1992
    organized 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 1993
  • Goya: Prophet der Moderne
    Alte Nationalgalerie
    Berlin
    2005
    from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    vol. II, p. 131, cat. 417
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    Vida y obras de Goya
    MadridEditorial Peninsular
    1951
    p. 170
  • CATTON, Daniel
    Paintings, drawings and prints. The Art of Goya
    ChicagoEditions by The Art Institute of Chicago
    1941
    p. 50 (il.), cat. 77
  • DU GUÉ TRAPIER, Elizabeth
    Goya and his sitters
    New YorkThe Hispanic Society of America
    1964
    p. 22
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 201, 372, cat. 859
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 313, cat. 437
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 135 y p. 350 (il.)
  • SCHUSTER, Peter-Klaus, SEIPEL, Wilfried y MENA, Manuela B. (editores)
    Dumont
    2005
    pp. 224-225
  • MOLEÓN GAVILANES, Pedro (ed.)
    Isidro Velázquez, arquitecto del Madrid fernandino
    MadridAyuntamiento de Madrid
    2009
    pp. 105-106
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