- Cronología
- Ca. 1782 - 1783
- Ubicación
- Villar Mir Culture Fund, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 47 x 33 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Villar Mir Culture Fund
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 14 Jan 2010 / 28 Jun 2023
- Otros títulos:
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Apparition of the Virgin of the Pillar to the Apostle Saint James (Aparición de la Virgen del Pilar al apóstol Santiago
This sketch is the first study for the altar painting Goya was commissioned to produce in 1782 for the Church of Urrea de Gaén. The work belonged to Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, a painter from Madrid, and passed through various collections in Valladolid before it was acquired by its current owner. The Marquis of Lozoya published the work in 1951.
There are some differences between this sketch and the definitive work. The composition is reversed from left to right. The secondary figures are given more importance in the sketch; in the final work the tones used to depict them are lighter. In the middle ground, behind Saint James, we can see a figure who addresses the apostle with open arms in the form of a cross who is not present in the final painting. Lozoya links this figure to the shot man in Third of May and the Christ Praying in the Garden of the religious school Escuelas Pías de San Antón in Madrid.
This first study was executed with impulsive brushstrokes, giving the resulting rich colours. The white highlights help to create perspective and give form to the figures.
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Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1993from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareaucat. 10
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Goya en las colecciones españolasSala de Exposiciones del BBVAMadrid1995consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From December 14th 1995 to February 17th 1996
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Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828Museo de ZaragozaZaragoza1996consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano. From October 3th to December 1st 1996cat. 19
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La memoria de GoyaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza2008organized by Fundación Goya en Aragón, consultant editor Juan Carlos Lozano López. From February 7th to April 6th 2008cat. 118
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Goya: Order and disorderMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston2014cat. 20
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Agen2019cat. 3
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Dos Goyas inéditos de tema religiosoArchivo Español de Arte1951pp. 5-10
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 77, 93, cat. 194
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 279, cat. 280 y fig. 398 (il.
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 98, cat. 145
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Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMadridMuseo del Prado1993p. 132, cat. 10 y p. 133 (il.)
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Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828MadridGobierno de Aragón y Electa España1996p. 82 y p. 83 (il.)
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Goya, Ramón Bayeu y José del Castillo en los retablos de las iglesias parroquiales de la Puebla de Híjar, Vinaceite y Urrea de GaénArchivo Español de Arte2002pp. 167-189
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La memoria de Goya (1828 – 1978)ZaragozaGobierno de Aragón, Dpto. de Educación, Cultura y Deporte2008p. 376, cat. 118
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Goya: Order & DisorderBostonMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Publications2014pp. 58-59
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AgenSnoeck2019p. 134
