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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.101
People
Imitator of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
In the style of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux)
Title
Portrait of a Woman
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Marie Isabelle, Queen of Both Sicilies
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230314

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62.23 x 48.26 cm (24 1/2 x 19 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[M.L. ?] Tauber, Paris, possibly sold; to [Wildenstein, New York and Paris], sold [through Joseph Stransky]; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1936, as by Goya, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.101
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • August L. Mayer, "'Maria Isabel' by Goya", Apollo (May 1936), vol. XXIII, no. 137, pps. 287-288
  • Sydney J. Freedberg and Konrad Oberhuber, "A Museum Collection of Forgeries", Art Research News (1983), vol. 2, no. 2-3, p. 25, repr. in b/w
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 110
  • Christopher Reed, "Wrong!", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, September 2004-October 2004), vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 40-51, p. 47, repr.; detail repr. p. 40

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