- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1799
- Ubicación
- Museum of Romanticism, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 190 x 115 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Museum of Romanticism
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 07 Mar 2011 / 13 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (CE0021)
We know nothing about the circumstances which surround the commissioning of this series of four painting depicting the Fathers of the Church, which today are found in different locations (see Saint Ambrose).
The painting depicting Saint Gregory Magnus belonged to the Marquis de la Vega-Inclán and was passed on to the foundation which was set up in his name, becoming part of the collection of the Romantic Museum in Madrid.
The saint wears the papal tiara and a cope decorated with decorative plant motifs executed with an impressionist, frenetic touch. The work is an ostentatious display of modernity, without a doubt the most advanced of the series. The head and hands are expressive, structured in a simple but decisive way. Since it would be hung high up and seen from a distance, the work is painted with broad marks, disjointed brushstrokes.
For a full history of this series of four paintings, see Saint Ambrose.
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Pinturas de GoyaMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1928consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928cat. 24
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GoyaFestival Internacional de Granada, Palacio de Carlos VGranada1955consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferraricat. 104
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De Tiépolo à GoyaGalerie des Beaux-ArtsBurdeos1956consultant editor Gilberte Martin-Méry. From May 7th to July 31st 1956cat. 117
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962cat. 24
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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. LXIX
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1988from 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. Sayrecat. 24
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Goya. El gusto español: antiguos maestrosGalería CaylusMadrid1992cat. 24
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 54
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 191, cat. 715
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 264, cat. 180
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 110, cat. 325
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. III, p. 31 y p. 68 (il.)
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMadridMuseo del Prado1988pp. 178, 179 y p. 181 (il.)
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GoyaZaragozaElecta1992pp. 76-78 (il.), cat. 24
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http://museoromanticismo.mcu.es, consultada el 26-01-201026-01-2010
