Francisco de Goya

María Ana de Silva y Waldstein, Countess of Haro (María Ana de Silva y Waldstein, condesa de Haro)

María Ana de Silva y Waldstein, Countess of Haro (María Ana de Silva y Waldstein, condesa de Haro)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1802 - 1803
Ubicación
Private collection, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
59 x 36 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Ficha: realización/revisión
14 Mar 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
Otros títulos:
Countess of Haro
Historia

This work came from the collections of the Marquises of Santa Cruz and the Duchess of San Carlos de Madrid & Bürle de Zurich.

Análisis artístico

María Ana de Silva y Waldstein was born in Madrid on 14 November 1787. She was the daughter of María Ana Waldstein and José Joaquín Silva, IX Marquis of Santa Cruz. In 1802, at the age of just fifteen, she married Bernardino Fernández de Velasco. She died in 1805.

This half-length portrait depicts her seated, with an empire-line dress with a pronounced neckline, and wearing a flower in her hair. The meticulous manner in which Goya has painted the young woman's hair contrasts with the broad brushstrokes used to paint her face and ear.

The pale face and large eyes of the countess, which look out at the viewer with a certain shyness, nevertheless transmit a feeling of liveliness.

Various writers have suggested that this portrait dates from between 1802 and 1805, but according to Calvo Serraller it was a commemorative work painted after the death of the countess and using another portrait as model. This hypothesis cites the level of abstraction of the technique used in the clothing, with sketchy brushstrokes, comparable to the method seen in other, later portraits made during the time of the Spanish War of Independence.

Exposiciones
  • Spanish paintings
    The Royal Academy of Arts
    London
    1920
  • Pinturas de Goya
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1928
    consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928
  • Pinturas recuperadas
    Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias
    Oviedo
    1997
    exposición del 5 de mayo al 8 de junio de 1997
  • 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 e il Mondo Moderno
    Palazzo Reale
    Milan
    2010
    organized by SEACEX, Palazzo Reale and Fundación Goya en Aragón, consultant editors Valeriano Bozal and Concepción Lomba Serrano. From March 17th to June 27th 2010
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    p. 144, cat. 431
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 198, cat. 805
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 332, cat. 517
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 146
  • CALVO SERRALLER, Francisco (comisario)
    Goya, la imagen de la mujer
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado y Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado
    2001
    pp. 270 y 271 (il.), cat. 74
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