"Ghostly Vision" by Francisco de Goya, rediscovered in 2016 after being lost for ninety years, is a significant addition to the Museo de Zaragoza's collection. Created around 1801, this painting, initially a sketch gifted by Goya to a friend, resurfaced in a 1928 photograph. It later belonged to the Counts of Gabarda, residing in Zaragoza's palace. This eerie artwork depicts a colossal, ghostly figure dominating the canvas with its unsettling presence. Its vaguely defined face, adorned with horns, suggests a demonic entity draped in a cloak fading into darkness. Goya's urgent brushstrokes add to the painting's haunting effect, capturing a nightmarish vision pursued by the artist.
ArtistFrancisco Goya (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746 - Bordeaux 1828)
Year of creationc. 1801 (some sources propose 1797-1800; dated by art historian Arturo Ansón Navarro, the expert on 18th-century painting who attributed and identified the work in April 2016 and presented it publicly on 8 October 2018. According to Ansón, Goya painted it alla prima — in a single rapid session without major corrections — during a period of creative fullness coinciding with his pre-Romantic style of the early 19th century, the same years in which he explored witchcraft, catastrophes, and the supernatural with enormous freedom. The work was likely originally given by Goya to his Aragonese friend Juan Martín de Goicoechea y Galarza, a businessman close to the art world, and passed by inheritance until it reached the Counts of Gabarda. The painting depicts an enormous ghostly figure with an indefinite body, dark eyes and nose, and a pair of pointed horns, draped in a cloak fading into darkness)
Technique/MediumOil on canvas
Original dimensions26 x 17 cm
Collection/MuseumMuseo de Zaragoza (on long-term deposit since 2018 from an anonymous Aragonese family; previously in the collection of the Counts of Gabarda at their palace on Plaza del Justicia in Zaragoza, where it was photographed in 1928 by Juan Mora Insa for the centenary issue of the SIPA magazine Aragón before disappearing for ninety years)
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Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 1850 reviews.
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Well. This Image is more jpeg like than i would prefer. I never seen the original in the louvre, but I think it could be better. Especially for 300 euros.
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Okay, let me start by saying this is my favorite painting of all time. I love skulls. I am beyond thrilled to own this piece and show it off to all who enter! I cannot believe this was painted in 1533.. It stirs me. 10/10 piece. Easy.
I am attaching two photos of the upper left corner where the crucifix lies hidden in plain sight. I am disappointed that the wrap of the canvas wasn't very tight on this one. Because of the loose wrapping.. you can clearly see that the crucifix is mirrored from the printing job and it kind of ruins that corner of the piece because it is a detail you aren't suppose to notice right away. Unfortunately it sticks out in plain view. I plan to take black paint and just tape off the edge and fill the outer edge so the crucifix has a proper corner to inhabit. Although, I am hesitant to try and alter something so expensive.. Not sure what to do.