Francisco de Goya

Sermon of Saint Bernardine of Siena (Predicación de San Bernardino de Siena ) (sketch 3 or oil sketch)

Sermon of Saint Bernardine of Siena (Predicación de San Bernardino de Siena ) (sketch 3 or oil sketch)
Datos Generales
Cronología
1782 - 1783
Ubicación
Unknown Collection
Dimensiones
140 x 80 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
31 Dec 1969 / 13 Jun 2023
Inventario
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Historia

Larger in size than the previous studies, Lafuente classifies this piece as a reduced scale replica carried out after the large format work, unlike the previous studies which would have been carried out before the definitive work.

In 1868 it belonged to Francisco Zapater y Gómez, the grand-nephew of Martín Zapater, a good friend of Goya from whom we can presume the painting was inherited. In 1928 it formed part of the Escudero Collection, and subsequently belonged to the Bergua Olivan Collection, both in Zaragoza. Its current location is unknown.

Análisis artístico

Although this is a third sketch, Goya certainly put a great deal of interest and energy into its creation, as his correspondence with Zapater demonstrates. Camón Aznar claims that there is one more study for the definitive painting, smaller than all the others (22 x 17 cm), which he describes as being characterized by an uncontrolled, sketchy technique which gives the piece a surprisingly modern feel.

Goya includes a self portrait in this piece, among the group of figures on the right. The qualities of each figure are well developed. He substituted the christogram which the saint holds in his hand in other sketches with a crucifix which also appears in the final work, a fact which reinforced the theory that this is, in fact, a replica.

Bibliografía
  • ZAPATER Y GÓMEZ, Francisco
    Goya. Noticias biográficas
    ZaragozaInstitución Fernando el Católico
    1868
    p. 32
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 77, 93, cat. 185
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 256, cat. 137
  • ANGELIS, Rita de
    L’opera pittorica completa di Goya
    MilanRizzoli
    1974
    p. 97, cat. 123
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. I, pp. 165, 166 y p. 284 (il.)
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