Lot 265: Francisco Bayeu y Subias , Zaragoza 1734 - 1795 Madrid Saint Augustine and the Virgin adoring the crucified christ oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 51.2 by 66.7 cm.; 20 1/4 by 26 1/4 in.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Albuquerque Museum, El alma de España, April-July 2005, no. 86;
Zaragoza, Cajalón, Francisco Bayeu y sus discípulos, 19 April-15 June 2007, p. 196;
Madrid, Galería Caylus,El Siglo de Caylus, 6 June–6 July 2007, no. 26.

R. Arnaez, Museo del Prado. Catalogo de dibujos, vol. II, Madrid 1975, p. 26;
J.L. Morales y Marín, Los Bayeu, Zaragoza 1979, cat. no. 89;
J.L. Morales y Marín, Francisco Bayeu, Zaragoza 1995, p. 84 cat. no. 30 (with incorrect measurements of 61 by 52 cm.).

Gasparini Collectioni, Rome.

The present work was carried out circa 1766 and is an initial bozzetto for the fresco in the vault of the presbytery of the church of the Convento de la Encarnación in Madrid, for which several preparatory drawings can be found in the Prado, Madrid.

This work was formerly attributed to Bayeu's master, the Italian Corrado Giaquinto. His influence can clearly be felt in it, as much in the execution as in the reddish hue. Another, perhaps more finished, bozzetto for the work is with the Real Sociedad Ecónomica Aragonesa de Amigos del País, Zaragoza.υ1
1. See Morales y Marín, 1995, under Literature, p. 84, cat. no. 28, reproduced in colour p. 32.