Francisco de Goya, Portrait of Francisco de Saavedra

1798

Paintings sorted by     Historical period   |   Painter   |  Subject matter   |  Pigments used

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Flesh colour
Vermilion and lead white

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Yellow tablecloth
Naples yellow and yellow ochre

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Black trousers
Bone black

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Eyebrows
Bone black

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Dark brown background
Umber and brown ochre

Pigment analysis of the painting.

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Overview

Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 200.2 × 119.6 cm

Art period: Romanticism
The Courtald Gallery, London
Accession Number: P.1947.LF.180

The pigment analysis is based on the following publications:

Aviva Burnstock, Maureen Cross, GOYA: review technical documentation of the portrait of Don Francisco de Saavedra at the Courtauld Gallery, ARCHLAB Report, 4-6 April 2015.

S.R. Amato & A. Burnstock, The contribution of scanning X-ray fluorescence to the
investigation of easel paintings: Examples of applications from the
Courtauld Gallery, TECHNE 53, 2022, p. 38-45.
https://doi.org/10.4000/techne.10890

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Publications

Aviva Burnstock, Maureen Cross, GOYA: review technical documentation of the portrait of Don Francisco de Saavedra at the Courtauld Gallery, ARCHLAB Report, 4-6 April 2015.

S.R. Amato & A. Burnstock, The contribution of scanning X-ray fluorescence to the
investigation of easel paintings: Examples of applications from the Courtauld Gallery, TECHNE 53, 2022, p. 38-45.