拍品 592
  • 592

Follower of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

估價
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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描述

  • The Mass of the newborns; 'La Misa Parida'
  • oil on tinplate

來源

Believed to have been in the collection of Don Narciso de Salabert y Piñedo, VII Marques de Torrecilla (1830 - 1885);
By descent to Don Mariano Miguel Maldonado y Dávalos, VII Conde de Villagonzalo and Marquis de la Escala (1851 - 1921);
Thence by descent to the present owners.

展覽

Madrid, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Goya, May 1900, no. 52;
Venice, Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca' Pesaro, Goya, 1746-1828, 7 May - 30 July 1989, no. 44 (as Goya).

出版

C. Yriarte, Goya, Paris 1867, p. 136; 
Conde de la Viñaza, Goya. Su tiempo, su vida, sus obras, Madrid 1887, p. 297, under cat. no. CXXIV;
Possibly Z. Araujo Sánchez, Goya, Madrid 1896, pp. 102–103, cat. no. 114; 
R. Balsa de la Vega, 'Exposición de obras de Goya' in La Ilustracion Artistica, 13 August 1900, no. 972, reproduced p. 524;
P. Lafond, Goya, Paris 1902, p. 104, cat. no. 62 (as on tin); 
V. von Loga, Francisco de Goya, Berlin 1903, p. 210, cat. no. 418 (erroneously listed as on canvas); 
A.F. Calvert, Goya. An account of his life and works, London and New York 1908, p. 172, cat. no. 58, reproduced plate 236;
A. de Beruete y Moret, Goya, composiciones y figuras, Madrid 1917, vol. II, p. 166, cat. no. 170;
Probably A.L. Mayer, Francisco de Goya, London 1924, p. 173, cat. no. 530 (right dimensions but erroneously listed as on canvas);
X. Desparmet Fitz-Gerald, L'Œuvre peint de Goya, Paris 1928–50, text vol. I, p. 282, cat. no. 260, reproduced plates vol. I, plate 205;
P. Gassier and J. Wilson, Goya, His Life and Work, London 1971, pp. 256–257 and 267, cat. no. 976.

Condition

Impasto is present on the garments of the principal figures. A vertical repair to paint loss is visible 3.5 cm to the left edge of the composition. Inspection under UV reveals light scattered retouchings mainly confined to the edges and a retouching measuring approximately 2 by 2 cm to the lower left. Overall the work is in good condition and is offered in a gilt wood frame with mouldings, also in good condition.
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拍品資料及來源

Traditionally attributed to Goya, this painting is known through at least four other versions or replicas: a painting (which omits the statue of Christ visible on the right of the present scene) in the Musée d'Agen, France; a painting listed as in the C. Groult Collection, Paris; another in the Kleinschmidt Collection, Kassel; and a fourth in the Castelar Collection, Madrid. The compositional similarity of these works has lead to some confusion amongst scholars over the provenance for each painting, but the present work is that formerly belonging to the Marques de Torrecilla and has passed by descent to his heirs, the present owners.