"Agustina de Aragon." Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Dec 2011 12:52 p.m. PST |
How she really looks like? Here it is the only portrait from her at the same time of the Zaragoza sites. "Portrait of Agustina Raimunda Saragossa Barcelona 1786 Ceuta 1857. Oil on canvas 90 X 66 Author Francisco José de Goya 1808 Winter Fuendetodos (Zaragoza) Direct orders from Jose de Palafox Francisco de Goya, invited by Palafox to Zaragoza reached this city at the end of October 1808, accompanied by Gil Ranz, to know the catastrophic situation in which it was the city after the first site. During his stay there he take many notes and see at first hand the result of what had happened. During the month of November, before the news threat of the proximity of the French armies, given the danger of staying in the city Goya left Zaragoza and went to Fuendetodos toured various places before returning to Madrid. During this period he draw several works, among them the portrait of Agustina de Aragon before leaving the city in white overlaid in order to hide its contents. The picture appeared in the cabinet of Palafox and was torn in February 1809 by a French officer, at the end of the second site, according to the testimony of Doyle. In Seville Doyle, sent to London's future export "Portrait of Agustina de Aragon" on instructions from Wellington, which was painted once the war between 1814 and 1816, Agustina Raimunda handwritten letter, dated and signed at Saragossa in 1817 where she thanks with heroic gratitude to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "Signature box 08147 3-5/11" the legacy of Agustina de Aragon ceded by his granddaughters to the town of Zaragoza. Dr. Jose Maria González Cuban Morillas exported it to Cuba from London in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition. It was in Santiago de Cuba in 2006." Oht translation from "Guerra de la Independencia" link link Agustina
If you could to enlarge the picture, you could see that she was pretty. Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
Ben Townsend | 22 Dec 2011 4:58 p.m. PST |
I might be missing something here in translation, but no way is that a Goya! I'd say early C20th picture? |
SJDonovan | 23 Dec 2011 1:08 a.m. PST |
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gboue2001 | 23 Dec 2011 3:49 a.m. PST |
Interresting question, after a quick search on the spanish sites given by Armand, you can find an extremely interessting studie on this painting which doesn't look like a Goya 's one but more to an early 20th chromo. The study explain that the colours used by the painter dates from 1814 to 1830. But that the style is definitly not Goya, so who painted it ? Felix Navidad Armand Gboue |
Tango01 | 23 Dec 2011 10:16 a.m. PST |
Mistery? But Agustina said that in the picture was herself!. Feliz Navidad para ti también! Amicalement Armand |
HistoryPhD | 23 Dec 2011 7:19 p.m. PST |
Arthur Conan Doyle!?! He wasn't born until 1859 and in any case couldn't be connected with this painting. |
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