Francisco de Goya

Majos merendando (sketch)

Majos merendando (sketch)
Datos Generales
Cronología
1776 - 1778
Ubicación
Private collection
Dimensiones
46 x 54 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Attributed work
Titular
Private collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
19 Nov 2009 / 14 Jun 2023
Inventario
-
Otros títulos:
The Picnic (La merienda)
Historia

Supposed sketch for a tapestry cartoon that was never carried out.

Análisis artístico

This work forms a pair with another supposed cartoon sketch, Country Dance. At one time or another, both have been incorrectly considered to be studies for the pair of cartoons The Picnic and Dance on the Banks of the Manzanares, belonging to the series made to decorate the dining room of the Prince and Princess of Asturias in the palace of El Pardo. However, these works have little or nothing in common with the definitive compositions of these cartoons and the quality of the drawing is greatly inferior to what Goya was producing at the time. Arnaiz is of the opinion that the long shapes are far more reminiscent of the work of Francisco Bayeu and believes that the creator of this work may have been a follower of Goya's brother-in-law.

What's more, there has been some confusion over the correct identification of this sketch since Desparmet Fitz-Gerald indicated the existence of a replica of Majos Picnicking in the Lafitte collection in Madrid, when in fact it appears that he was actually referring to the same painting. In both cases, the dimensions were very approximate and furthermore, the whereabouts of the alleged Lafitte copy are now unknown, lending weight to the idea that there was only ever one work.

Exposiciones
  • Goya 1900
    Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas Artes
    Madrid
    1900
    consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900
Bibliografía
  • SAMBRICIO, Valentín de
    Tapices de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridPatrimonio Nacional
    1946
    pp. 85, 92, 173, 203, cat. 10 and pl. 17
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    Bibliography']['number
    París
    1928-1950
    vol. I, p. 170, cat. 124
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 76, 90, cat. 150
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 244, cat. 60
  • ANGELIS, Rita de
    L’opera pittorica completa di Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    MilanRizzoli
    1974
    p. 94, cat. 67
  • ARNAIZ, José Manuel
    Francisco de Goya, cartones y tapices
    col. col. "Espasa Arte"
    Bibliography']['number
    Espasa Calpe
    1987
    pp. 184, 246, cat. 12B and p. 185 (ill.)
  • MORALES Y MARÍN, José Luis
    Goya. Catálogo de la pintura
    Bibliography']['number
    ZaragozaReal Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis
    1994
    p. 141, cat. 55
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