- Cronología
- Ca. 1771 - 1773
- Ubicación
- Museum of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 37 x 30 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil mural painting transferred to canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Government of Aragon
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 07 Oct 2010 / 11 Dec 2024
- Inventario
- (51390)
This painting was acquired by the Cuban Carlos Francisco Javier del Valle Grao, who removed his paintings from the museum in 1932 and took them with him to La Habana in Cuba. The Cuban government seized the work along with two others from the series, Saint Joachim (San Joaquín) and Saint Anne (Santa Ana) in 1965. According to its owner, it then travelled to Russia, and was subsequently acquired by unknown means by a private collection in Madrid before finally being acquired by the Government of Aragón in 1999.
From December 5th, 2024, and while the Zaragoza Museum remains closed for works, the painting is part of the exhibition 'Goya. From the Museum to the Palace' in the Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza.
For further information see The Dream of Saint Joseph.
According to a written description by Ricardo del Arco (1915), this composition was located at one of the far ends of the front wall of the oratory.
Its inclusion in the iconographic programme of the oratory is explained by the fact that it is a particularly popular saint in Valencia, the home region of the Countess of Sobradiel.
The saint is shown on one knee against a dark, neutral background, in three-quarters pose and facing the viewer's right, although her head is turned in the opposite direction. She is dressed in the habit of her order, with her right hand raised towards the upper left-hand corner of the composition. A faint ray of light emanating from that corner illuminates her face, which is framed by a yellowish halo. Her clothes are executed with some well-defined folds.
As in the case of the other three small format paintings, this work is characterized by energetic, sketchy brushstrokes which are somewhat careless but extremely expressive and lend the figures an impressive sense of volume through the use of light and colour.
For further information see The Dream of Saint Joseph.
-
Exposición de obras de Goya y de objetos que recuerdan las manufacturas artísticas de su épocaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza1928organized by la Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis in collaboration with the Junta del Patronato del Museo Provincial. April 1928
-
Goya y el Palacio de SobradielMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza2006organized by Gobierno de Aragón at the Museo de Zaragoza, consultant editor Juan Carlos Lozano López. From December 15th 2006 to February 4th 2007cat. 29
-
Goya. From the Museum to the PalaceZaragoza2024
-
Goya. From the Museum to the PalaceZaragoza2024cat.89
-
Pinturas de Goya (inéditas) en el palacio de los condes de Sobradiel de ZaragozaBoletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones1915pp. 124-131
-
Goya. Pintor religioso: Precedentes italianos y francesesRevista de Ideas EstéticasMadrid1946pp. 277-306
-
Cuadros de Goya en el Museo Lázaro,Seminario de Arte AragonésZaragoza1952p. 3
-
“Anotaciones al Goya joven”Paragone1954pp. 5-28
-
Les peintures de Goya dans la chapelle du palais des Comtes de Sobradiel à SaragosseRevue des ArtsParís1954pp. 215-222
-
Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 81, cat. 15
-
BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 238, cat. 22
-
Goya en AragónEditorial Everest1970p. 20
-
Goya en ZaragozaZaragozaAyuntamiento de Zaragoza1971pp. 37-46
-
Goya. Pintor religiosoDiputación General de Aragón1990pp. 70 y ss.
-
Datos inéditos y precisiones iconográficas y estilísticas sobre las pinturas que decoraban el oratorio del palacio de los condes de Sobradiel en Zaragoza, originales de Francisco de GoyaArchivo Español de Arte1990pp. 59-67
-
Goya y Aragón. Familia, amistades y encargos artísticoscol. Col. Mariano de Pano y RuataZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada de Aragón1995pp. 94-98
-
Goya y el Palacio de SobradielZaragozaGobierno de Aragón, Dpto. de Educación, Cultura y Deporte2008pp. 270-271
-
Goya y Zaragoza (1746-1775). Sus raíces aragonesasZaragozaFundación Goya en Aragón, Ibercaja y Gobierno de Aragón2015pp. 63-66
-
Goya. From the Museum to the PalaceZaragozaZitro Comunicación2024pp.88-89
