Francisco de Goya

The Duchess of Alba with her hair in a bun

Clasificación
The Duchess of Alba with her hair in a bun
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1796 - 1797
Ubicación
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, España, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
171 x 101 mm
Técnica y soporte
Aguada de tinta china sobre papel
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
National Library of Spain
Ficha: realización/revisión
09 Mar 2011 / 29 Jun 2023
Inventario
INVENT/45621
Otros títulos:
La duquesa de Alba recogiéndose el pelo
La duquesa de Alba tirándose de los pelos
Señora arreglándose el cabello
Mujer como Níobe
La duquesa de Alba recogiéndose el pelo
Inscripciones

COLECCION DEL Sº. Dº. V. CARDERERA / ADQUIRIDA POR EL GOBIERNO EN 1867 (wet stamp, lower right-hand corner).

Historia

See Young woman with forehead wearing a small hat 

Line of provenance: Javier Goya, Mariano Goya, Valentín Carderera, National Library of Madrid.

Análisis artístico

Veáse Joven de frente tocada con un sombrero pequeño.

Carderera assumed that it represented the Duchess of Alba and described her as follows: richly dressed, looking up at the sky with the desperation of one of Niobe's daughters, tearing out her hair. The hair, dark and very long, down to her waist, corresponds to some comments about the duchess made by contemporary chroniclers. Her temperamental temperament was well known at the time, which is consistent with the supposition that Goya would have wanted to capture her here in a temper tantrum. In fact, Tomás de Iriarte wrote the comedy Miss Spoiled  apparently inspired by her. However, Mena considers that the woman depicted by Goya is more theatrical in nature and identifies her with the successful actress of the time, María del Rosario Fernández, the "Tirana", whom he portrayed in 1794 and 1799. Some light strokes in black pencil mark other possible positions of the figure's left arm.

On the back of the sheet is the drawing Young Woman Washing at the Fountain.

 

Exposiciones
  • Exposición de dibujos de 1750 a 1850
    Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte
    Madrid
    1922
    from May to June 1922
  • Grabados y dibujos de Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1946
    catalogue Elena Páez Ríos
  • De Tiépolo à Goya
    Galerie des Beaux-Arts
    Burdeos
    1956
    consultant editor Gilberte Martin-Méry. From May 7th to July 31st 1956
  • Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828: restrospective
    Musée Jacquemart-André
    París
    1961
  • Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional. Exposición de grabados y dibujos en el sesquicentenario de su muerte
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1978
    May - June 1978
  • Goya: Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
    Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstintitut
    Frankfurt
    1981
    from February 13th to April 5th 1981
  • Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1996
    from September 19th to December 15th 1996
  • Reason and Folly: The Prints of Francisco Goya
    Nationall Gallery of Victoria
    Melbourne
    1998
  • 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: Order and disorder
    Museum of Fine Arts
    Boston
    2014
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • YRIARTE, Charles
    Goya, sa vie, son œuvre
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísHenri Plon
    1867
    p. 223
  • LÓPEZ-REY, José
    Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and Caricature
    Bibliography']['number
    Nueva JerseyPrinceton University Press
    1953
    vol. II, fig. 7
  • SAYRE, Eleanor
    Eight Books of Drawings by Goya
    The Burlington Magazine
    Bibliography']['number
    London
    1964
    p. 24, cat. c
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 171, cat. 358
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya: Los álbumes
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1973
    p. 41, cat. A.c [3].
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 42-43
  • SANTIAGO PÁEZ, Elena y WILSON-BAREAU, Juliet (comisarias)
    Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridBiblioteca Nacional, Sociedad Estatal Goya 96 y Lunwerg
    1996
    112A
  • MÜHLE-MAURER, Gudrun and MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B.
    La duquesa de Alba, «musa» de Goya. El mito y la historia
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridEdiciones el Viso, Museo Nacional del Prado
    2006
    pp. 128-132
  • ILCHMAN, Frederick y STEPANEK, Stephanie L. (comisarios)
    Goya: Order & Disorder
    Bibliography']['number
    BostonMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Publications
    2014
    p. 127
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 346
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