Francisco de Goya

José Palafox

José Palafox
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1808
Dimensiones
150 x 79 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Attributed work
Titular
Zuloaga colection
Ficha: realización/revisión
26 Aug 2022 / 15 Jun 2023
Historia

It came from the Irureta Goyena collection in Seville. It passed to the dealer Isidore Montaignac, Paris, from whom it was bought by the painter Ignacio Zuloaga in 1903. Exhibited for many years in the Zuloaga Museum in Zumaya. It is still in the hands of Zuloaga's heirs.

Análisis artístico

It has been suggested that Goya painted this portrait of General Palafox during the painter's stay in Saragossa in 1808, between the two sieges of the Aragonese capital by Napoleon's troops. It therefore predates the magnificent equestrian portrait painted in 1814 and now in the National Prado Museum in Madrid.

José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melci, of noble descent, accompanied King Ferdinand VII in his exile in Bayonne and after his return to Spain was proclaimed Captain General of Aragon by the people of Saragossa, following the arrest of Captain General Jorge Guillelmi. He distinguished himself in the defence of Saragossa during the two sieges (June-August 1808 and December 1808-February 1809).

The portrait is almost life-size, knee-length, with dense brushstrokes and bright touches, with the face standing out against a neutral background. He is dressed in a general's uniform, suede trousers and a wide red belt from which hangs his sword, the hilt of which he holds in his left hand while resting his right hand on his hip. On his chest he wears the insignia of the Orders of Malta and Calatrava. The treatment of the head, with its abundant curly black hair and broad sideburns, and the face, with its piercing eyes gazing at the viewer, are particularly notable in the execution of this portrait.

Exposiciones
  • Goya
    Musée Jacquemart-André
    París
    1961
    consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962
  • Madrid
    1961
  • Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828
    Museo de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    1996
    consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano. From October 3th to December 1st 1996
  • Goya et la modernité
    Pinacothèque de Paris
    París
    2013
    from October 11st 2013 to March 16th 2014
  • Zaragoza
    2022
Bibliografía
  • LAFOND, Paul
    París
    1908
    p. 22-31
  • MAYER, August L.
    BarcelonaLabor
    1925
    p. 199, cat. 374
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    II, cat. 486
  • SAMBRICIO, Valentín de
    MadridMinisterio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales e Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español
    1961
    p. 61-62
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 162
  • RICO LACASA, Pablo (Comisario)
    Goya 1746-1828
    MilanElecta
    1989
    pp. 126-127
  • MORALES Y MARÍN, José Luis
    Goya. Catálogo de la pintura
    ZaragozaReal Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis
    1994
    p. 322
  • RUYRA DE ANDRADE, Margarita and CALVO RUATA, José Ignacio
    ZaragozaFundación Zuloaga y Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza
    2022
    p. 162
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