Head for the Figure of the Virgin

1781. White chalk, Pencil on dark toned paper.
Not on display

It is almost certainly a preparatory drawing for the main figure in the central part of the cupola interior fresco Regina Apostolorum, painted in 1781 and located in the nave on the left side of the Holy Chapel of the Basílica del Pilar in Zaragoza. Two preparatory sketches (one of them in grisaille) are kept in the Museo Diocesano in Zaragoza. In the museum, there are several preparatory drawings for the same fresco. This drawing is a study of the head for the figure of the Virgin. It is depicted frontally and foreshortened when viewed from below. This same drawing is attributed to Francisco Bayeu in the Inventory of the Real Museo, due to the close resemblance of the drawing to the fresco.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.77-78

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Serie de preparatorios para el fresco de la bóveda Regina Apostolorum de la Basílica del Pilar de Zaragoza

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Inventory number: D000351
Author: Francisco Bayeu
Title: Head for the Figure of the Virgin
Date: 1781
Technique: White chalk; Pencil
Support: Dark toned paper
Dimension: Height: 339 mm; Width: 262 mm
Series: Serie de preparatorios para el fresco de la bóveda Regina Apostolorum de la Basílica del Pilar de Zaragoza
Provenance: Royal Collection
Entry date: 1839

Bibliography +

Arnáez, Rocío, Dibujos de Francisco Bayeu en el Museo del Prado, Archivo español de arte, 178, 1972, pp. 134, nº 81.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, pp. 77-78.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Dessins Espagnols.Maitres des XVI et XVII Siecles, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, París, 1991.

Other inventories +

Inv. cuadros, estampas y dibujos del Estudio Vicente López, 1839. Núm. s/nº.
Noventa y cuatro cabezas dibujadas por el mismo [Bayeu]

Inv. Real Museo, Sección Dibujos, 1857. Núm. 45.
45. Otro idem [dibujo], de idem [estudio], de idem [cabeza] / del mismo [Mengs]. Alto un pie y dos y / media pulgadas; ancho once y me- / dia idem [pulgadas]. Tiene cristal y marco / como el anterior [de pino pintado].

Inv. Dibujos, Fondo Antiguo. Núm. 126.