''Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro'' or ''The Holy Office'' ( es, Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro or El Santo Official) are names given to an oil
mural by the
Spanish artist
Francisco Goya (1746–1828), probably completed between 1821 and 1823. The mural is one of the fourteen ''
Black Paintings
The ''Black Paintings'' (Spanish: ''Pinturas negras'') is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, likely between 1819 and 1823. They portray intense, haunting themes, reflective of both his ...
'' that Goya applied in oil on the plaster walls
of his house. Between 1874 and 1878 the paintings were transferred to canvas supports under the direction of the art restorer of the Museo del Prado,
Salvador Martinez Cubells.
''Pilgrimage'' depicts a procession headed by a group of eight more discernible people. One man wears clothing from the 17th century and carries a glass; another is a monk or a nun.
[Dowling 453] The left half of the painting with its bright sky is among the lighter passages of the ''Black Paintings'', which are dominated by browns, greys, and blacks. Another ''Black Painting'', ''
A Pilgrimage to San Isidro
''A Pilgrimage to San Isidro'' (Spanish: ''La romería de San Isidro'') is one of the ''Black Paintings'' painted by Francisco de Goya between 1819–23 on the interior walls of the house known as Quinta del Sordo ("The House of the Deaf Man") ...
'', seems of a piece with ''Pilgrimage'' except for its darker tone. Both may depict processions to the shrine of San Isidro—a thought reflected in their titles (none given by Goya)—which was close to his home,
Quinta del Sordo
Quinta del Sordo ( en, Villa of the Deaf One), or Quinta de Goya, was an extensive estate and country house situated on a hill in the old municipality of Carabanchel on the outskirts of Madrid. The house is best known as the home of Francisco de ...
.
See also
*
List of works by Francisco Goya
Notes
* Dowling, John. "Buero Vallejo's Interpretation of Goya's Black Paintings". ''Hispania'', Volume 56, No. 2, May 1973
* Glendinning, Nigel. "The Strange Translation of Goya's Black Paintings". ''The Burlington Magazine'', Volume 117, No. 868, 1975
External links
At the Museo del Prado*
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Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado
1820s paintings