María Luisa of Spain Wearing a Mantilla

c. 1799/1800

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46 x 30 cm (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1937.1.87

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquesa de Bermejillo del Rey, Madrid.[1] (Trotti et Cie, Paris), who sold a half share to (M. Knoedler and Co., New York);[1] purchased 17 October 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 28 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] Knoedler stockbook no. 8, p.51, M. Knoedler & Co. records, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (copy NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Goya: The Condesa de Chinchón and Other Paintings, Drawings, and Prints in Spanish and American Private Collections and the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987, unpaginated brochure.

Bibliography

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 89, no. 87, as Maria Luisa Queen of Spain by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 241, repro. 214, as Maris Luisa, Queen of Spain by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.

1943

  • Soria, Martin S. "Agustín Esteve and Goya." The Art Bulletin 28, no. 3 (September 1943): 240, nt. 9.

1945

  • Cook 1945, 153-156, figs. 3, 4.

1949

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 49, repro., as Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain by Goya.

1957

  • Sambricio, Valentín de. "Los retratos de Carlos IV y María Luisa, por Goya." Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueologia 30 (1957): 85-113, pls. 5, 6.

  • Soria, Martin S. Agustín Esteve y Goya. Valencia, 1957: 36, no. 9.

1958

  • Gaya Nuño, Juan Anotonio. La pintura española fuera de España; historia y catàlogo. Madrid, 1958: 78, 169, nos. 995, 977.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 60, as Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 52, repro., as_Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain_.

1970

  • Gassier, Pierre, and Juliet Wilson. Vie et oeuvre de Francisco Goya. Paris, 1970: 166, nos. 774, 775 (also 1971 ed., Translated by C. Hauch and J. Wilson. New York, 1971: 166, nos. 774, 775.).

1971

  • Gudiol y Ricart, José. Goya: 1746-1828; Biography, Analytical Study and Catalogue of His Paintings. Trnslated by Kenneth Lyons. 4 vols. New York, 1971: 1:289, nos. 416, 417; 3:figs. 659, 660.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 158, repro., as Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain.

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 404, color figs. 582, 584.

1983

  • Wagner, Isadora-Joan Rose. "Manuel Godoy, Patrón de las artes y coleccionista." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Universdad Complutense, Madrid, 1983: 2:182.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 401, no. 569, color repro., as María Luisa, Queen of Spain, by Francisco de Goya.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 182, repro., as Maria Luisa Queen of Spain

1986

  • Bottineau, Yves. L'art de cours dans l'Espanage des lummières, 1746-1808. Paris, 370, n. 124.

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: 33, 36-37, repro. 35.

Wikidata ID

Q20180425

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