Professor Maria Rosa Vives shows Goyaʼs mark in Vilanova i la Geltrú
On Saturday 4th May, at 11 a.m., the Masia dʼen Cabanyes, in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf, Barcelona), opens its door and offers a guided tour of the twelve etchings attributed to Francisco de Goya housed there for more than one hundred years. The professor of Painting and Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona Maria Rosa Vives, responsible for the study which proved the authenticity of the etchings, will conduct the activity. Vives will describe in a detailed way the research carried out on these new Goyaʼs works, which are being restored now. Later, those present will be able to visit the Centre dʼInterpretació del Romanticisme Manuel de Cabanyes. Entrance is free.
On Saturday 4th May, at 11 a.m., the Masia dʼen Cabanyes, in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf, Barcelona), opens its door and offers a guided tour of the twelve etchings attributed to Francisco de Goya housed there for more than one hundred years. The professor of Painting and Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona Maria Rosa Vives, responsible for the study which proved the authenticity of the etchings, will conduct the activity. Vives will describe in a detailed way the research carried out on these new Goyaʼs works, which are being restored now. Later, those present will be able to visit the Centre dʼInterpretació del Romanticisme Manuel de Cabanyes. Entrance is free.
For more than a century, la Masia dʼen Cabanyes has housed a series composed by twelve etchings attributed to Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), which have not been dated or documented up to now. A recent study developed by M. Rosa Vives proved that etchings are authentic and exceptional. Chronologically they date from 1848 and 1863, and they show some new details.
Research affirms that works are part of the last series of etchings made by Goya before he exiled to France in 1824, known as Los Disparates or The Proverbs. Twelve etchings were part of the legacy of Cabanyes family, some of them handed on Masiaʼs library walls, and others were stored in the warehouse.
According to Vives, data points out that “they are posthumous trial proofs made before printing”; in other words, they were made to test paper and ink before the final printing. Therefore, they are unique works due to “their scarcity and rarity”, trial proofs like these ones are unknown. Moreover, they provide “a remarkable documentary value to study Goyaʼs work”.
For further information about the research on Goyaʼs works found at the Masia dʼen Cabanyes, you can read this interview to M. Rosa Vives.