01-01-2020, 07:26 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...assistants
The authenticity of dozens of Goya paintings is being questioned by a leading British art historian who claims that they are not in fact works by the Spanish master but instead created by some of the great painter’s many studio assistants.
Juliet Wilson-Bareau, a Goya scholar, told the Observer that museums must re-examine their Goya holdings because there are so many “problematic” pictures. She regularly sees auction houses and dealers selling works under Goya’s name when she is convinced that they are by lesser hands.
“It’s a minefield,” she said. “Pictures that have become doubtful are still being presented as ‘by Goya’, knowingly or unknowingly. Everybody wants a picture to be by Goya.”
Francisco de Goya, who lived from 1746 to 1828, is revered for masterpieces including his savage satires of man’s inhumanity to man in the Disasters of War series.
So, it's been known for a long time that this artist had assistants; however, it seems it isn't known which 'Goya' paintings were by those assistants, and which were by the man himself.
On the one hand, some of those assistants must have been pretty talented in their own right if their work has fooled people for close to 200 years... but, on the other, this is likely to cause real headaches for galleries which display paintings which are purportedly his (especially if they bought them for millions of pounds...)
The authenticity of dozens of Goya paintings is being questioned by a leading British art historian who claims that they are not in fact works by the Spanish master but instead created by some of the great painter’s many studio assistants.
Juliet Wilson-Bareau, a Goya scholar, told the Observer that museums must re-examine their Goya holdings because there are so many “problematic” pictures. She regularly sees auction houses and dealers selling works under Goya’s name when she is convinced that they are by lesser hands.
“It’s a minefield,” she said. “Pictures that have become doubtful are still being presented as ‘by Goya’, knowingly or unknowingly. Everybody wants a picture to be by Goya.”
Francisco de Goya, who lived from 1746 to 1828, is revered for masterpieces including his savage satires of man’s inhumanity to man in the Disasters of War series.
So, it's been known for a long time that this artist had assistants; however, it seems it isn't known which 'Goya' paintings were by those assistants, and which were by the man himself.
On the one hand, some of those assistants must have been pretty talented in their own right if their work has fooled people for close to 200 years... but, on the other, this is likely to cause real headaches for galleries which display paintings which are purportedly his (especially if they bought them for millions of pounds...)
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