- Cronología
- Ca. 1798
- Dimensiones
- 47 x 61 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Etching
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 15 Nov 2010 / 19 Dec 2022
- Inventario
- 225
- Otros títulos:
Del S.or Jovellanos ("Of the Señor Jovellanos", handwritten in ink at the top, in the centre). Goya (handwritten in ink in the lower left-hand corner).
See The Blind Guitarist.
Only two state proofs of this etching are known to exist.
The etching came from the collection of Manuel Castellano, as stated in the Memoria de la Biblioteca Nacional en los años 1875 y 1876, p. 84. A.G.A. Spanish Ministry of Development. National Library (6586-75).
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (Gijón, 1744- Navia, 1811) was a Spanish ilustrado writer, lawyer and politician, with whom Goya maintained a close friendship which lasted right up to the Asturian's death. It may have been this relationship that prompted the painter from Aragón to make an etching of the coat of arms of the Jovellanos family, who were of noble birth although they lacked any great fortune. This print was probably meant to be used as the ex-libris for one of Jovellanos' books.
It was not the only work that Goya carried out for his friend: between 1797 and 1798 he also painted his portrait, whilst Jovellanos was Minister for Grace and Justice.
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Exposición de la obra grabada de GoyaSociedad Española de Amigos del ArteMadrid1928catalogue by Miguel Velasco Aguirrecat. 6
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Grabados y dibujos de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1946catalogue Elena Páez Ríoscat. 120
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828: restrospectiveMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961cat. 256
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Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional. Exposición de grabados y dibujos en el sesquicentenario de su muerteBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1978May - June 1978cat. 130
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Jovellanos aficionado y coleccionistaMuseo-Casa Natal de JovellanosGijón1994from November 26th 1994 to January 29th 1995cat. 22
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Goya, grabadorMadridBlass S.A.1918cat. 267
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Goya engravings and lithographs, vol. I y II.OxfordBruno Cassirer1964cat. 22
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970cat. 747
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Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalMadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional1996cat. 63
