Francisco de Goya

Death of St. Albert of Jerusalem

Death of St. Albert of Jerusalem
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1772 - 1774
Dimensiones
35 x 60 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Attributed work
Titular
Private collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
26 Aug 2021 / 12 Jun 2023
Inventario
225
Historia

See the previous painting The Escape into Egypt, of the same provenance and with which it forms a pair.

Análisis artístico

Saint Albert of Jerusalem was a Catholic saint, Bishop of Vercelli and Patriarch of Jerusalem in the 12th and 13th centuries. Jerusalem between the 12th and 13th centuries. He is remembered as the first legislator of the Carmelites. Carmelites. On 14 September 1214 he died at St. John of Acre (formerly Acco) murdered by the Master of the Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit, whom he had admonished and then deposed. admonished and then deposed from office for his licentious life. The work shows 
various aspects of Goya's hand that correspond to the period in which it was painted, such as the way he sketches the figures in the background, the loose, precise brushstrokes that build up the volumes and the the loose, precise brushstrokes that build up the volumes and the play of light and shadow in the nocturnal setting. nocturnal setting. The half-naked figure holding Saint Albert by the waist shows Goya's good knowledge of the Goya had acquired a good knowledge of anatomical representations on his return from Italy, both from his from classical sculpture as well as from life. As in the work The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughters, Goya shows the moment before a tragic event.

This work is also closely related to the scenes of the life of the Virgin in the Charterhouse of Aula Dei, so we can date them around the same time. In addition, the drawing “Academy of a priest with open arms” from the Italian Notebook (p. 10), whose figure is analogous to that of St. Albert, has been linked to this work.

 

Exposiciones
  • 2008
  • Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesas
    Museo Goya. Colección Ibercaja
    Zaragoza
    2015
Bibliografía
  • JIMÉNEZ MONTESÍN, Miguel y MALABIA MARTÍNEZ, Vicente
    Servicios de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Castilla- La Mancha,
    2008
    pp. 34-35
  • TABAR ANITUA, Fernando
    Madrid
    2014
    pp. 96-107
  • MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B. et al.
    Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesas
    ZaragozaFundación Goya en Aragón, Ibercaja y Gobierno de Aragón
    2015
    pp. 134-136
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