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20-05-2026
Francisco Bayeu

Zaragoza, 1734 - Madrid, 1795

Francisco Bayeu See author's file

Two Hands

1769. Red chalk on dark toned paper.
Not on display

This is a study of hands depicted as resting, joined, and on the chest. This is probably a preparatory drawing for the figure of the Virgin in Pentecost in the Church of San Pascual in Aranjuez, painted alongside its related episodes (Annunciation, Nativity and Ascension) in 1769 and no longer extant. The position of the hands coincides with the sketches in the Grases Collection and in the Dupont Collection, both in Barcelona.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.40

Technical data

Imagen del carrusel
Imagen del carrusel

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Inventory number
D000535
Author
Francisco Bayeu
Title
Two Hands
Date
1769
Technique
Red chalk
Support
Dark toned paper
Dimension
Height: 345 mm; Width: 267 mm
Series
Serie de dibujos preparatorios para los lienzos (desaparecidos) del claustro de la iglesia de San Pascual de Aranjuez
Provenance
Royal Collection

Bibliography +

Arnáez, Rocío, Dibujos de Francisco Bayeu en el Museo del Prado, Archivo Español de Arte, 178, 1972, pp. 147, nº 416.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, pp. 40.

Other inventories +

Inv. Real Museo, Sección Dibujos, 1857. Núm. 143.
143. Treinta y siete idem idem [dibujos sueltos] de estu- / dios de extremos, de varios tamaños / y autores desconocidos.

Inv. Dibujos, Fondo Antiguo. Núm. 520.

Inscriptions +

147
Inscribed in pen and ink. Front, upper right corner

[DIRECCIÓN ... PINTURAS + escudo] (Sello: Dirección del Museo Nacional de Pinturas)
Printmaking. Front, upper left corner

Por D(n). Fran(co) Bayeu
Inscribed in pen and ink. Front, Lower right area

[DIRECCIÓN DEL ... + escudo] (Sello: Dirección del Museo Nacional de Pinturas)
Printmaking. Front, upper right corner

MP [Anagrama con las iniciales dentro de un escudo]
Printmaking. Front, lower right corner

Update date: 20-05-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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