Don Antonio Noriega
1801
Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 52
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 102.6 x 80.9 cm (40 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
framed: 128.3 x 105.4 x 12.7 cm (50 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 5 in.) -
Accession
1961.9.74
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased from a private collector in Madrid by Freiherr Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm [1843-1925], while he was ambassador of the German Empire to the court of Madrid, 1887-1892;[1] (his estate sale, Günther Deneke Auktionhaus, Berlin, 4 October 1932, 19, no. 87); (Wildenstein & Co., Paris and New York);[2] sold 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] August L. Mayer, "The Portrait of Don Antonio Noriega by Goya," Apollo 22 (1935): 49. The dates of Stumm's appointment as ambassador to Madrid are established by Almanach de Gotha (1890)127: 680 and Almanach de Gotha (1892)129: 786.
[2] Mrs. Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice President of Wildenstein & Co., New York, letter of 14 September 1988 in NGA curatorial files.
[3] A letter dated 8 February 1955 from Wildenstein & Co. to the Kress Foundation outlines the agreement for the sale of two paintings and a bronze figure (see copy in NGA curatorial files and The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/674). One of the paintings was Portrait of Don Antonio Nortega[sic] by Goya.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1935
Goya, Bibliotéque Nationale, Paris, 1935, 60, no. 251.
1941
The Art of Goya, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, 45, no. 70.
1950
Goya: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Institute of Fine Arts, Wildenstein, New York, 1950, 18, no. 16.
1952
Masterpieces of Painting Through Six Centuries, Allied Arts Association, Houston, 1952, 12, no. 23.
1986
Goya: The Condesa de Chinchon and Other Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from Spanish and American Private Collection and the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-87, unpaginated brochure.
2008
Goya en tiempos de guerra [Goya in Times of War], Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2008, no. 32, repro.
2009
Loan, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, 2009-2010.
Bibliography
1928
Desparmet Fitz-Gerald, Xavier. L'oeuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols. Paris, 1928-1950: 2:289, no. 547; 2 (of plates), part 2:pl. 481.
1935
Mayer, August L. "The Portrait of Don Antonio Noriega by Goya." Apollo 22 (1935): 49, color repro. opp. 49.
1937
"Notable Works of Art Now on the Market." Advertising Supplement, The Burlington Magazine 71 (December, 1937): no. 18, repro.
1951
Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier. Vida y obras de Goya. Madrid, 1951: 170. Translated by Paul Burns. Madrid, 1964.
1956
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 90, no. 33, repro.
1958
Gaya Nuño, Juan Anotonio. La pintura española fuera de España; historia y catàlogo. Madrid, 1958: 160, no. 993.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 274, repro.
1964
Trapier, Elizabeth du Gué. Goya and His Sitters. New York, 1964: 23, 59, no. 39, figs. 39-40.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 61.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 53, repro.
1970
Gassier, Pierre, and Juliet Wilson. Vie et oeuvre de Francisco Goya. Paris, 1970. Translated by C. Hauch and J. Wilson. New York, 1971: 167, no. 801, repro. 197 (also 1981 ed: same pp. as above.).
1971
Gudiol y Ricart, José. Goya: 1746-1828; Biography, Analytical Study and Catalogue of His Paintings. Translated by Kenneth Lyons. 4 vols. New York, 1971: 1:110, 292, no. 436; 3:figs. 703, 704.
1974
De Angelis, Rita. L'opera pittorica completa di Goya. Milan, 1974: 116, no. 399, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 160, repro.
1977
Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 229-230, fig. 224.
1979
Salas, Xavier de. Goya. Translated by G. T. Culverwell. London, 1979: 190, no. 381, repro.
1984
Camón Aznar, José. Francisco de Goya. 4 vols. Saragossa, 1984: 3:135, repro. 327.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 401, no. 571, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 184, repro.
1990
Brown, Jonathan, and Richard G. Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1990: 21-24, color repro. 23.
2009
Iglesias, Juan Ignacio Noriega. Antonio Noriega de Bada: Un asturiano pintado por Goya. Oviedo, 2009: 32-33, repro.
Inscriptions
on paper held in sitter's hand: El Sor Dn / Antonio / Noriega / Tesorero / General / F. Goya / 1801; lower left on tablecloth: Dn Antonio Noriega de [Ba]da caballero y Regidor de la / Rly.distinguida Orden Espanola de don. C. III; Diputado / en Corte del Principe de Asturias. Director genl de las / Temporalidades de España e Indias y de la Rl Negocia / cion del Giro: Del Consejo de s.m. en el Rly Supremo del / Hacienda y su Tesorero General etc. etc. (D[o]n Antonio de [Ba]da knight and Councillor of the Royal and distinguished Spanish Order of Don C[arlos] III; Delegate in the Court of the Prince of Asturias. Director general of the Revenues of Spain and the Indies and of the Royal Bank of the Exchange: Of the Council of His Majesty...
Wikidata ID
Q20181309