Is this by Goya (?)
July 15 2021
Picture: artnet.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
It seems that the curators of the Prado Museum in Madrid are not entirely sure either.
Artnet.com have published an article on the changing debate surrounding the authorship of this painting of The Colossus (pictured). The picture had long been described as being by an apprentice, however, the museum has recently upgraded the work to 'Attributed to Goya'.
To quote the final paragraph of the article:
The Prado declined to comment to Artnet News, but a museum spokesperson told the Independent that “we have changed the attribution as part of a reorganization of 19th-century works. It seemed the right time to do this to reflect the ongoing debate over the authorship of the work, but we are not saying it was by Goya.”
