Francisco de Goya

Rounds of Salmon (Ruedas de salmón)

Rounds of Salmon (Ruedas de salmón)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1806 - 1812
Ubicación
Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, Switzerland
Dimensiones
45 x 62 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
Oskar Reinhart Foundation
Ficha: realización/revisión
25 Apr 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
Inventario
(1937.3)
Otros títulos:
Three Slices of Salmon (Tres rodajas de salmón)
Historia

For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.

The painting entitled Rounds of Salmon had a number of different owners before it was finally acquired by the Oskar Reinhart Foundation.

Análisis artístico

This is the most abstract of the paintings in the series of still lifes, and is also the most straightforward, stripped down of the works. In the centre of the picture, Goya has painted three slices of salmon, positioned in a seemingly improvised manner on a table laid with a white tablecloth. The artist has carefully captured the delicate white streaks in the salmon's flesh.

We can see how the scene grows gradually darker the further back we look, creating an atmosphere which is utterly devoid of any spatial reference.

A comparison can be drawn between this painting and the similarly themed work by Luis Egidio Meléndez, A Piece of

Salmon, a Lemon and three Vessels (Un trozo de salmón, un limón y tres vasijas) (1772, Prado Museum, Madrid), although this earlier work features a richer palette of colours as well as a greater variety of objects.

For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.

 

Exposiciones
  • Goya
    Basle
    2021
Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 263, cat. 911
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 353, cat. 595
  • ANGELIS, Rita de
    L’opera pittorica completa di Goya
    MilanRizzoli
    1974
    p. 123, cat. 507
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p. 187
  • PAZ, Alfredo de
    Goya. Arte e condizione umana
    NaplesLiguori editore
    1990
    pp. 158-160, il. 140
  • JORDAN, William B. and CHERRY, Peter
    El bodegón español de Velázquez a Goya
    MadridEdiciones El Viso
    1995
    pp. 175, 176, 177, 180, 184 y 185 (il.)
  • MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B.
    Goya en tiempos de guerra
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2008
    pp. 244 (il.) y 247
  • SUREDA PONS, Joan
    Los mundos de Goya (1746-1828)
    BarcelonaLunwerg
    2008
    pp. 159-160
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