Francisco de Goya

Asensio Julià “El Pescadoret”

Asensio Julià “El Pescadoret”
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1798
Ubicación
Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
54.5 x 41 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
24 Feb 2010 / 16 Jun 2023
Inventario
166 (1971.1)
Inscripciones

Goya a su /Amigo Asensi ("[By] Goya, to his friend Asensi", in lower left-hand corner).

Historia

This work was acquired in Spain by Baron Taylor for the Spanish Gallery of Louis Philippe d'Orléans (opened in Paris in 1938). It was sold in 1853, together with the rest of that collection, at Christie & Manson, London, being acquired by Durlacher, also of London. Later it belonged to the collections of the Duke of Montpensier, in the Palace of San Telmo, Seville; the Infante Antoine d'Orléans, at Sanlúcar de Barrameda; the Countess of Paris; Durand Ruel, Paris, in 1911; and Arthur Sachs, also in Paris, in 1928. It was sold at Sotheby's of London on the 24th May 1971 to the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in Lugano, Switzerland.

Análisis artístico

Asensio Juliá (Valencia, 1760-Madrid, 1832) was a painter and an engraver. He studied at Valencia's San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, in Madrid. He worked with Goya on the ceilings for the chapel of San Antonio de la Florida in Madrid. He was known as "El Pescadoret" ("The Little Fisherman") because he came from a family of fishermen.

Here he is shown in a dramatically lit room filled with wooden scaffolding, as well as a workbench on the left-hand side and painting tools on the floor on the right-hand side. These clues suggest that this may be the interior of the chapel of San Antonio de la Florida, where Goya painted his frescoes in 1798, with Asensió Juliá working as his assistant.

He is wearing a dark artist's robe, with blue edging, and elegant shoes decorated with bows. His left hand, as in many of Goya's portraits, is hidden inside his clothes. His face is turned to one side, giving us a better view of his long, loose hair and his broad forehead.

The artist's serious and concentrated pose gives him an intriguing air.

In this work, Goya shows himself to be ahead of his time, employing thick, loose brushstrokes alongside quick touches of bold colour.

Exposiciones
  • Peintures de Goya des collections de France
    Musée de l’Orangerie
    París
    1938
  • Goya
    Musée Jacquemart-André
    París
    1961
    consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962
  • Goya
    Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
    The Hauge
    1970
    organized by Ministerio de Estado y Asuntos Culturales and Réunion des Musées Nationaux, July 4th to September 13th 1970. Exhibited also at the Musée de l’Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, October 25th to December 7th 1970, consultant editors Jeannine Baticle and A. B. de Vries
  • Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza: Maîtres anciens
    Musée du Petit Palais
    París
    1982
    from January to March 1982
  • Old master paintings from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
    The Royal Academy of Arts
    London
    1988
  • Goya
    La Lonja, Torreón Fortea y Museo Pablo Gargallo
    Zaragoza
    1992
    consultant editor Julián Gállego
  • Goya. La década de Los Caprichos
    Madrid
    1992
    organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993
  • Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1993
    from 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-Bareau
  • Goya: Prophet der Moderne
    Alte Nationalgalerie
    Berlin
    2005
    from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués
  • Goya y el Mundo Moderno
    Museo de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    2008
    organized by the Fundación Goya en Aragón at the Museo de Zaragoza, consultant editors Valeriano Bozal and Concepción Lomba Serrano. From December 18th 2008 to March 22nd 2009
  • Goya e il Mondo Moderno
    Palazzo Reale
    Milan
    2010
    organized by SEACEX, Palazzo Reale and Fundación Goya en Aragón, consultant editors Valeriano Bozal and Concepción Lomba Serrano. From March 17th to June 27th 2010
  • Goya: Order and disorder
    Museum of Fine Arts
    Boston
    2014
  • Goya: The Portraits
    London
    2015
  • Hamburg
    2019
  • Goya
    Basle
    2021
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
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    París
    1928-1950
    p. 79, cat. 382
  • BOIX, Félix
    “Asensio Juliá (El Pescadoret)"
    Arte Español
    Bibliography']['number
    1931
    pp. 138-141
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Goya. Antecedentes, Coincidencias e Influencias del arte de Goya
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    MadridSociedad Española de Amigos del Arte
    1947
    p. 152 ss. y 105
  • DU GUÉ TRAPIER, Elizabeth
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    New YorkThe Hispanic Society of America
    1964
    p. 18-19
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
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    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 189, cat. 682
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 301, cat. 378
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    Bibliography']['number
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. III, p.107
  • GLENDINNING, Nigel (Comisario)
    La década de los Caprichos. Retratos 1792-1804
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
    1992
    nº 58
  • GÁLLEGO, Julián
    Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ZaragozaElecta
    1992
    pp. 86 y 87 (il.)
  • MENA, Manuela B. y WILSON-BAREAU, Juliet (comisarias)
    Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1993
    p. 264-265
  • LOMBA, Concepción y BOZAL, Valeriano (comisarios)
    Goya y el Mundo Moderno
    Bibliography']['number
    ZaragozaFundación Goya en Aragón y Lunwerg
    2008
    p. 95, cat. 2
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