- Cronología
- 1787
- Ubicación
- Royal Monastery of San Joaquín and Santa Ana, Valladolid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 220 x 160 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Cistercian congregation of Saint Bernard
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 19 Jan 2010 / 28 Jun 2023
Although this work has been given various titles by academics, they all agree that the main figure in this scene represents Saint Bernard, the most important Cistercian saint. There is no doubt that this scene depicts one of the miraculous healings which he carried out in Milan when blessing the bread and water which the needy brought to him (Vita prima of Saint Bernard, book II, chapter III, § 15) emphasising the saint's ability to perform miracles.
In this painting Goya reaches the heights of the architectural style which he refers to in his letter to Goicoechea, the neoclassical as seen through the eyes of Goya. Moving away from baroque models to approach the academicism of Sabatini, he makes reference to the great painter Zurbarán, whose influence is evident in the naturalism of these figures.
For more information on the whole series, seeTransition of Saint Joseph.
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Francisco de Goya. IV Centenario de la capitalidadorganized by Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Dirección General de Bellas Artes at the Casón del Buen RetiroMadrid1961consultant editor Valentín de Sambriciocat. LXVI
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962cat. 31
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El arte de GoyaMuseo de Arte Occidental de TokioTokyo1971from 16th 1971 to January 23th 1972. Exhibited also at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, January 29th to March 15th 1972.cat. 17
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Los pintores de la IlustraciónCentro Cultural Conde DuqueMadrid1988consultant editors José Manuel Arnaiz and José Luis Morales y Maríncat. 54
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Goya en las colecciones españolasSala de Exposiciones del BBVAMadrid1995consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From December 14th 1995 to February 17th 1996cat. 9
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GoyaLa Lonja, Torreón Fortea y Museo Pablo GargalloZaragoza1992consultant editor Julián Gállegocat. 15
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El Real monasterio de San Joaquín y Santa Ana de ValladolidBoletín de la Comisión de Monumentos Históricos y Artísticos de la provincia de Valladolid1926
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-1950vol. I, p. 124, cat. 78
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 95, cat. 238
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970vol. I, p. 273, cat. 238
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 102, cat. 216
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. II, pp. 50, 51 y p. 166 (il.)
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La década de los Caprichos. Retratos 1792-1804MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992p. 58, cat. 15 y p. 59 (il.)
