Manner of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 19th Century
Portrait of Francisco Goya, bust length, in a brown coat and white cravat oil on canvas 53.3 x 43.8cm (21 x 17¼ in.)
Footnotes
PROVENANCE: Marchioness of Benngilo (according to inscription on reverse of stretcher) Bought from the Chicago Art Institute by Tullah H. Hanley in 1935 (according to inscription on reverse of stretcher) Given to A. Innes, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1960 (according to inscription on reverse of canvas) Jack Still Collection, 1986 (according to inscription on reverse of canvas)
EXHIBITED: Chicago Fair of Progress, 1933 (according to inscription on reverse of stretcher)
The present composition relates loosely to the three-quarter length portrait of the artist in the Musée, Agen. We are grateful to Juliet Bareau-Wilson for her opinion that both these works are later pastiches, most likely dating from the late nineteenth century.
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