Francisco de Goya

Self-portrait

Clasificación
Self-portrait
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1796
Ubicación
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
Dimensiones
150 x 910 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ficha: realización/revisión
16 Sep 2022 / 30 May 2023
Inventario
35.103.1
Inscripciones

1 (in pen and dark brown ink, upper right-hand corner)

Goya (inscription on the badge attached to his lapel)

Historia

Javier Goya y Bayeu, (from 1828); Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (from 1854); Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (from ca. 1855-1863); Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (by donation in 1894); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935.

Análisis artístico

During his long career Goya created a series of self-portraits, of which this is one of the most impressive. Here he looks directly at the viewer with a haunting intensity, a frown, an intense and direct gaze, tousled hair and elegance of dress. Yet the portrait seems to be somewhat introspective, a detailed examination of oneself, conveying clarity and emotional precision.

Between October 1792 and February 1793, Goya suffered a serious illness that left him deaf for the rest of his life. The inner world in which he must have lived is well expressed in this portrait, in which the tension of his thoughts seems to manifest itself in his gaze. At the age of 50, the artist transforms his real image to approximate an ideal representation of the creative genius.

The purpose of the drawing is unknown. It may have been done out of pure self-reflection and his desire to capture his appearance by reflecting his psychological state, or perhaps as a handout to give to a friend, or even as an idea to be turned into a print.

Exposiciones
  • Francisco Goya: His Paintings, Drawings and Prints
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    New York
    1936
    from January 27th to March 8th 1936
  • Goya: Drawings and Prints
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    New York
    1955
    from May 4th to 30th 1955
  • Los Angeles
    1976
  • Goya y el espíritu de la Ilustración
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1988
    from October 6th to December 18th 1988. Exhibited also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18th to March 26th 1989; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, May 9th to July 16th 1989, Madrid curator Manuela B. Mena Marqués, scientific directors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Eleanor A. Sayre
  • Goya’s last Works
    The Frick Art Collection
    New York
    2006
    consultant editors Jonathan Brown and Susan Grace Galassi. From February 22nd to May 14th 2006
  • Goya en tiempos de guerra
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2008
    consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008
  • Goya luces y sombras
    CaixaForum
    Barcelona
    2012
    consultant editors José Manuel Matilla and Manuela B. Marqués. From March 16th to June 24th 2012
  • Goya: The Portraits
    London
    2015
  • Madrid
    2019
  • New York
    2021
Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 114, cat. 666
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya: Los álbumes
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1973
    p. 502, cat. 331
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 1-2
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    pp. 50-51
  • www.metmuseum.org
    Bibliography']['number
    New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
    18-03-2011
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