Jun 30th, 2008
El Coloso : (School of) Goya
[El Coloso [The Colossus], attributed to the School of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, c.1808-1812, oil on canvas, 116 x 105 cm, Museo del Prado]
The Museo del Prado (Madrid) has made it official: El Coloso will now be attributed to the School of Goya but not to the Spanish master. The site of the museum has not yet been updated.
The first sign that something was wrong about this painting first appeared in April: El Coloso was not part of a comprehensive retrospective of the Prado devoted to the painter.
[El Coloso [The Colossus] (detail), attributed to the School of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, c.1808-1812, oil on canvas, 116 x 105 cm, Museo del Prado]
The poor quality of the bulls represented in the painting raised the suspicions of the curators since Goya was very familiar with the anatomy of these animals.
Keep your museum guides, they are now part of art history…
