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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.8
People
Vicente López y Portaña, Spanish (Valencia 1772 - 1850 Madrid)
Previously attributed to Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux)
Previously attributed to Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, Spanish (Madrid 1807 - 1845 Madrid)
Title
Aragonese Dwarf
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311140

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
83.8 × 62.2 cm (33 × 24 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of canvas, paper: No. 6828 / F. Goya.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Viscount Sidmouth. [Charles Brunner, Paris]. [Ehrich Galleries, New York], sold; to Zoe Oliver (Mrs. Henry H.) Sherman, 1920, as by Goya, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1920 [1]

Notes
[1] Mrs. Oliver purchased the painting specifically for the Fogg. She paid $6,000 and traded a Hale painting for the work

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Sherman in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parkman Oliver (from the Zoe Oliver Sherman Collection)
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], The Connoisseur, (June 1916)., p. 101
  • [Unidentified article], Les Arts (April 1916), no. 154
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Spanish paintings from El Greco to Goya, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1928), p. 2, cat. no. 4, repr.
  • [Unidentified article], The Antiquarian (March 1931), repr. p. 70
  • Fifteen Fine Paintings, exh. cat., Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, MA, 1948), repr.
  • Juan Antonio Gaya-Nuño, La Pintura Española Fuera de España, Espasa-Calpe (Madrid, Spain, 1958), no. 219
  • Edward J. Sullivan, Goya and the Art of his Time, exh. cat., Meadows Museum (Dallas, TX, 1982), no. i.28, repr. p. 94
  • 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), pp. 116, 374, repr. b/w cat. no. 829

Exhibition History

  • Spanish Painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 01/01/1928 - 12/31/1928
  • Exhibition of Spanish Paintings from El Greco to Goya, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02/17/1928 - 04/15/1928
  • Collection of Mrs. Zoe Oliver Sherman, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 01/29/1946 - 02/24/1946
  • Fifteen Fine Paintings, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, 10/07/1948 - 11/07/1948
  • Goya and the Art of his Time, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 12/07/1982 - 02/06/1983
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2016 - 03/11/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2016 - 04/08/2016

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