Francisco de Goya

Juana Galarza de Goicoechea

Juana Galarza de Goicoechea
Datos Generales
Cronología
1810
Ubicación
Abelló Collection, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
82 x 59 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Abelló Collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
08 Apr 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
Inscripciones

D.a Juana Galarza / Por Goya [a]. 1810 ("Doña Juana Galarza, by Goya, 1810", lower right-hand corner).

Historia

It is not known for certain whether or not this work belonged to Javier and Mariano Goya. It was in the collection of the Marquis of Casa Torres and then that of the Marchioness of Casa Riera, in Madrid, Ca. 1968. It was acquired from her heirs by its present owner.

Análisis artístico

Goya had already painted Juana Galarza, his son's mother-in-law, on two previous occasions: in profile in a drawing and in the miniature that formed part of the series of decorative medallions that the artist painted to commemorate the wedding between his son Javier and Gumersinda Goicoechea.

This portrait forms a pair with that of the subject's husband, Martín Miguel de Goicoechea.

In front of a neutral background, the solid figure of Juana Galarza is shown seated, in a relaxed pose, looking out at the viewer. She is wearing a grey dress with striking lace around the collar, which gives this bourgeois lady, dressed in the latest fashions, a meticulous, restrained appearance.

Underneath the thin layer of paint used for the dress, we can see the reddish primer that the artist used in all of his works.

Once again, Goya limits himself to suggesting the details of the outfit in order to focus his attention on capturing the facial expression and gaining a psychological insight into his sitter, who in this case is represented with a certain air of melancholy.

Exposiciones
  • Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1983
    consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983
  • Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828
    Museo de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    1996
    consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano. From October 3th to December 1st 1996
  • Goya. La imagen de la mujer
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2001
    from October 30th 2001 to February 10th 2002. Exhibitied also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 10th to June 2nd 2002, consultant editor Francisco Calvo Serraller
  • 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
  • Goya en tiempos de guerra
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2008
    consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008
  • Colección Abelló
    Centro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía
    Madrid
    2014
  • The Abelló Collection. Amodern taste for European masters
    Medows Museum, Southern Methodist University
    Dallas
    2015
  • Bilbao
    2018
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    p. 184, cat. 471
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 261, cat. 88
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 342, cat. 552
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 180
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique (comisario)
    Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1983
    pp. 188 y 189 (il.), cat. 36
  • TORRALBA SORIANO, Federico (comisario)
    Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828
    MadridGobierno de Aragón y Electa España
    1996
    pp. 156 y 157, (il.), cat. 53
  • CALVO SERRALLER, Francisco (comisario)
    Goya, la imagen de la mujer
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado y Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado
    2001
    pp. 204 y 205 (il.), cat. 43
  • MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B.
    Goya en tiempos de guerra
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2008
    pp. 262, 263 (il.) y 264, cat. 71
  • ALBARRÁN MARTÍN, Virginia, MAURER, Gudrun and MENA, Manuela B.
    BilbaoFundación bancaria “la Caixa” y Museo Nacional del Prado
    2018
    pp. 68-73
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