On view
European Art
Two Majas Embracing (Album B.13 / B.14),
ca. 1796–97
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828; born Fuendetodos, Spain; died Bordeaux, France
x1952-83
Information
Title
Two Majas Embracing (Album B.13 / B.14)
Dates
ca. 1796–97
Medium
Brush and black and gray wash
Dimensions
23.6 × 14.7 cm (9 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1952-83
Inscription
in ink, upper right: 13
in ink, on verso upper left: 14
Culture
Materials
Collection of the artist until his death in 1828; by descent to his son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (1784–1854), until 1854; by descent to his son, Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (1806–1874). Felix Wildenstein (1883-1952), New York; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Nov. 8, 1952, lot 247, p. 47 (ill.). Carl Otto von Kienbusch; gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 1952.
Dancers: Double-sided drawing
- Francisco J Sánchez Cantón, "Los dibujos del viaje a Sanlúcar", Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones 36 (1936): p. 13-26., p. 13ff
- Daniel Catton Rich, The art of Goya: paintings, drawings and prints, the Art Institute of Chicago, January 30 to March 2, 1941, (Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago?, 1941). , no. 20-21 (illus.)
- André Malraux, Goya drawings from the Prado, (London: Horizon, 1947). , pl. 7ff
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Jose Lopez-Rey, Goya, 1746-182: a loan exhibition of Goya for the benefit of the Institute of Fine Arts New York University, november 9 - december 16, 1950 at Wildenstein, (New York: Wildenstein, 1950).
, no. 52 - Notable French paintings and drawings...the entire private collection of the late Felix Wildenstein: 07-08 November 1952, (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952)., p. 47, lot 247 (illus.)
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 12, no. 1 (1953): p. 38-39., p. 38
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Jose Lopez-Rey, Goya’s Caprichos: beauty, reason & caricature, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1953).
, Vol. 1: p. 29, 174; Vol. 2: figs. 15, 16 - John D. Morse, Old Masters in America: a comprehensive guide; more than two-thousand paintings in United States and Canada by forty famous artists, (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1955)., p. 92
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The Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, 1956)
, cat. no. 3 - Masterworks from university and college art collections: an exhibition of works of art lent by forty-two American colleges and universities to celebrate the anniversary of the Museum of Art: Feb. 22 to March 30, 1958., (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1958)., no. 61
- Age of elegance: the rococo and its effect: an exhibition presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25 to June 14, 1959, (Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art?, 1959)., no. 423; p. 89 (illus.)
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Old master drawings: [Exhibition] March 17-May 22, 1960, (Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1960).
, no. 62 - Lorenz Eitner and SIdney Simon, The eighteenth century; one hundred drawings by one hundred artists, a loan exhibition, January 24 to March 7, 1961., (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota. University Gallery, 1961). , no. 33
- "Mary Trumbull Adams Gallery and Study Room for Prints and Drawings: given by Hugh Trumbull Adams of the Class of 1935," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 25, no. 1/2 (1966): 42–44.
- Masterpieces from university collections: [Exhibition] April 9 through May 10, 1967, (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, Art Gallery, 1967)., p. 16
- Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Goya: his life and work, with a catalogue raisonné of the paintings, drawings and engravings, (London: Thames and Hudson, 1971)., no. 383-384
- Francisco Goya: portraits in paintings, prints and drawings: an exhibition organized by the Virginia Museum, May 8 through June 11, 1972, (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum, 1972). , no. 8 (illus.)
- Pierre Gassier, The drawings of Goya: the complete albums, (London: Thames and Hudson, 1973)., p. 124, nos. B. 13, B. 14
- Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, Goya, 1746-1828: peintures, dessins, gravures: 13 mars-16 juin 1979, [Centre culturel du Marais : exposition, (Paris: Le Centre Culturel du Marais, 1979). , no. 158-159, fig. 152-53
- Luis Quesada, Pintores españoles y extranjeros en Andalucía, (Sevilla: Guadalquivir, 1996)., p. 54, fig. 63-64
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 288 (illus.)
- Lisa A. Banner, Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012)., p. 10, cat. no. 3; p. 11 (illus.)
