Sacrifice to Priapus

Year 1770 or 1771

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 40.4 x 30.3 cm; 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.

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Provenance

Private collection, Paris, until 1950s;
Marie (Molly) Balkany (1928-2015), Lake Geneva, Switzerland;
Her posthumous sale, Geneva, Piguet Hôtel de Ventes, 6 May 2017, lot 519 (as 18th century French School);
Private collection, Spain, since 2017.

Literature

J. Camón Aznar. Francisco De Goya. Zaragoza 1980, 4 vols. I, p. 54.
R. De Angelis, ed. L’opera pittorica completa di Goya. Milan 1974, p. 90, cat. no. 18.
P. Gassier and J. Wilson. Goya: His Life and Work, New York 1971, pp. 74, 82, cat. no. 24 (repr.).
J. Gudiol. Goya 1746-1828. Biography, Analytical Study and Catalogue of His Paintings, New York 1971, p. 233, cat. no. 16.
P. E. Mangiante, Goya e l’Italia. Rome 1992, pp. 58, 116, no. 42.
F. Tabar Antinua. “Los ‘sacrificios’ romanos del joven Goya" Ars Magazine 56 (2022): pp. 70-77 (repr.).
A. Ansón, (ed.), La estela de Corrado Giaquinto en España, exh. cat., Zaragoza, Fundación Ibercaja, 2021, cat. no. 35, illustrated.

Exhibitions / Fairs

Zaragoza, Fundación Ibercaja (Museo Goya. Colección Fundación Ibercaja – Museo Camón Aznar), La estela de Corrado Giaquinto en España: de Antonio González Velázquez y Francisco Bayeu a Goya, 4 June–26 September 2021.

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