- Cronología
- Ca. 1762 - 1763
- Ubicación
- Lost work
- Dimensiones
- 180 x 65 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on wood panel
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- Obra desaparecida
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 28 Dec 2009 / 27 Jun 2023
In around 1762 or 1763, Goya was commissioned to decorate the doors of the reliquary in the parish church of Fuendetodos (Zaragoza) and the wall in which they were set.
The piece was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.
On the inside of the right-hand door of the reliquary, Goya painted the figure of Saint Francis of Paula. The saint is holding a crosier, and there is also an ostensorium which bears his motto; CA/RI/TAS ("CHA/RI/TY").
It is possible that the artist's inspiration for the saints which decorate the inside of the doors came from conventional prints of the time, although the powerful sense of volume which characterises the main scene painted on the outside of the reliquary is also evident in this work. (For a full history of the reliquary see Coming of the Virgin of the Pillar to Zaragoza).
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Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesasMuseo Goya. Colección IbercajaZaragoza2015cat. 1
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-1950vol. I, p. 107, cat. 46
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 74, 81, cat. 3
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 235, cat. 3 y vol. II, p. 9
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 89, cat. 4
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. I, p. 42 y p. 209 (il.)
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Goya y Aragón. Familia, amistades y encargos artísticoscol. Col. Mariano de Pano y RuataZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada de Aragón1995p. 44
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Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesasZaragozaFundación Goya en Aragón, Ibercaja y Gobierno de Aragón2015pp. 102-105
